Kirsten R. Benjamin

High-level semi-synthetic production of the potent antimalarial artemisinin

Christopher J. Paddon, Patrick J. Westfall, Douglas J. Pitera et al. · Nature · 2013 · 2.1K citations · Full text

Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +12

Production of amorphadiene in yeast, and its conversion to dihydroartemisinic acid, precursor to the antimalarial agent artemisinin

Patrick J. Westfall, Douglas J. Pitera, Jacob R. Lenihan et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 725 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology +15

Rewriting yeast central carbon metabolism for industrial isoprenoid production

Adam L. Meadows, Kristy Hawkins, Yoseph Tsegaye et al. · Nature · 2016 · 717 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +14

Control of landmark events in meiosis by the CDK Cdc28 and the meiosis-specific kinase Ime2

Kirsten R. Benjamin, Chao Zhang, Kevan M. Shokat et al. · Genes & Development · 2003 · 304 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Negative feedback that improves information transmission in yeast signalling

Richard Yu, C. Gustavo Pesce, Alejandro Colman‐Lerner et al. · Nature · 2008 · 235 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Molecular Biology +16