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Kithsiri Herath

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65

Citations

4.3K

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Active since

1976

Affiliations

Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)(Current)

MSD (Spain)

Stevens Institute of Technology

Cornell University

New York Botanical Garden

Kithsiri Herath is an author at Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) specializing in life sciences, biochemistry, and drug discovery.

Publications per year

1976–2018

65

Publications

65

Platensimycin is a selective FabF inhibitor with potent antibiotic properties

Jun Wang, S.M. Soisson, Katherine Young et al. · Nature · 2006 · 815 citations

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Discovery of platencin, a dual FabF and FabH inhibitor with <i>in vivo</i> antibiotic properties

Jun Wang, Srinivas Kodali, Sang Ho Lee et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 380 citations · Full text

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Isolation, Structure, and Absolute Stereochemistry of Platensimycin, A Broad Spectrum Antibiotic Discovered Using an Antisense Differential Sensitivity Strategy

Sheo B. Singh, Hiranthi Jayasuriya, John G. Ondeyka et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · 231 citations

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Discovery of FabH/FabF Inhibitors from Natural Products

Katherine Young, Hiranthi Jayasuriya, John G. Ondeyka et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2006 · 200 citations · Full text

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Discovery of a Small Molecule That Inhibits Cell Division by Blocking FtsZ, a Novel Therapeutic Target of Antibiotics

Jun Wang, Andrew Galgoci, Srinivas Kodali et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2003 · 199 citations · Full text

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