Finian J. Leeper

Biosynthesis of the red antibiotic, prodigiosin, in <i>Serratia</i>: identification of a novel 2‐methyl‐3‐n‐amyl‐pyrrole (MAP) assembly pathway, definition of the terminal condensing enzyme, and implications for undecylprodigiosin biosynthesis in <i>Streptomyces</i>

Neil R. Williamson, Henrik Toft Simonsen, Raef A. Ahmed et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2005 · 229 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +13

The Serratia gene cluster encoding biosynthesis of the red antibiotic, prodigiosin, shows species- and strain-dependent genome context variation

Abigail K. P. Harris, Neil R. Williamson, Holly Slater et al. · Microbiology · 2004 · 222 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +12

Comparison of chiral thiazolium and triazolium salts as asymmetric catalysts for the benzoin condensation

Roland L. Knight, Finian J. Leeper · Journal of the Chemical Society Perkin Transactions 1 · 1998 · 205 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Catalysis +8

Anticancer and Immunosuppressive Properties of Bacterial Prodiginines

Neil R. Williamson, Peter C. Fineran, Tamzin Gristwood et al. · Future Microbiology · 2007 · 204 citations

Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology +12

Vitamin B₁₂: How the Problem of Its Biosynthesis Was Solved

Francis Blanche, Béatrice Cameron, Joël Crouzet et al. · Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1995 · 146 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Chemistry +12