Michael D. Leavell

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

Christopher J. Paddon, Patrick J. Westfall, Douglas J. Pitera et al. · Nature · 2013 · 2K citations · Full text

Medicinal Chemistry, Antiparasitic Agent, Medicine +5

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 · 711 citations · Full text

MmpL8 is required for sulfolipid-1 biosynthesis and <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> virulence

Scott E. Converse, Joseph D. Mougous, Michael D. Leavell et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2003 · 243 citations · Full text

Lipidomics reveals control of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> virulence lipids via metabolic coupling

Madhulika Jain, Christopher J. Petzold, Michael W. Schelle et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 210 citations · Full text

Medical Microbiology, Pathogenicity, Pdim Synthesis +15

PapA1 and PapA2 are acyltransferases essential for the biosynthesis of the<i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i>virulence factor Sulfolipid-1

Pawan Kumar, Michael W. Schelle, Madhulika Jain et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2007 · 98 citations · Full text