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  Gold(I)-mediated cycloisomerization/cycloaddition enables bioinspired syntheses of neonectrolides B-E and analogues 

  Purgett, Thomas J.; Dyer, Matthew W.; Bickel, Bryce; McNeely, James; Porco, John A. (2019-09-25)

  Development of a synthetic route to the oxaphenalenone (OP) natural products neonectrolides B-E is described. The synthesis relies on gold-catalyzed 6-endo-dig hydroarylation of an unusual enynol substrate as well as a ...
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  Exploiting the potential of meroterpenoid cyclases to expand the chemical space of fungal meroterpenoids 

  Abe, Ikuro; Mitsuhashi, Takaaki; Barra, Lena; Powers, Zachary; Kojasoy, Volga; Cheng, Andrea; Yang, Feng; Taniguchi, Yoshimasa; Kikuchi, Takashi; Fujita, Makoto; Tantillo, Dean J.; Porco, John A. (2020-09-15)

  Fungal meroterpenoids are a diverse group of hybrid natural products with impressive structural complexity and high potential as drug candidates. In this work, we evaluate the promiscuity of the early structure ...
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  Acylphloroglucinols with acetylcholinesterase inhibitory effects from the fruits of Eucalyptus robusta 

  Liu, Hui; He, Xiao-Zhi; Feng, Mi-Yan; Yuan-Zeng; Rauwolf, Tyler J.; Shao, Li-Dong; Ni, Wei; Yan, Hui; Porco, John A.; Hao, Xiao-Jiang; Qin, Xu-Jie; Liu, Hai-Yang (2020-10)

  Eleven new acylphloroglucinols, including six new formylated phloroglucinol-monoterpene meroterpenoids, eucalyprobusals A-F (1-6), one monomeric acylphloroglucinol, eucalyprobusone B (7), and four dimeric acylphloroglucinols, ...
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  Intercepted retro-Nazarov reaction: syntheses of amidino-rocaglate derivatives and their biological evaluation as eIF4A inhibitors 

  Zhang, Wenhan; Chu, Jennifer; Cyr, Andrew M.; Yueh, Han; Brown, Lauren E.; Wang, Tony T.; Pelletier, Jerry; Porco, John A. (2019-08-14)

  Rocaglates are a family of natural products isolated from the genus Aglaia which possess a highly substituted cyclopenta[b]benzofuran skeleton and inhibit cap-dependent protein synthesis. Rocaglates are attractive compounds ...
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  Tracing MYC expression for small molecule discovery 

  Steinberger, Jutta; Robert, Francis; Hallé, Maxime; Williams, David E.; Cencic, Regina; Sawhney, Neha; Pelletier, Dylan; Williams, Philip; Igarashi, Yasuhiro; Porco Jr., John A.; Rodriguez, Abimael D.; Kopp, Brigitte; Bachmann, Brian; Andersen, Raymond J.; Pelletier, Jerry (Cell Press, 2019-05-16)

  Our inability to effectively "drug" targets such as MYC for therapeutic purposes requires the development of new approaches. We report on the implementation of a phenotype-based assay for monitoring MYC expression in ...
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  Regiodivergent photocyclization of dearomatized acylphloroglucinols: asymmetric syntheses of (—)-nemorosone and (—)-6-epi-garcimultiflorone A 

  Wen, Saishuai; Boyce, Jonathan H.; Kandappa, Sunil K.; Sivaguru, Jayaraman; Porco, Jr., John A. (ACS Publications, 2019-07-17)

  Regiodivergent photocyclization of dearomatized acylphloroglucinol substrates has been developed to produce type A polycyclic polyprenylated acylphloroglucinol (PPAP) derivatives using an excited-state intramolecular proton ...
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  Translation inhibition by rocaglates activates a species-specific cell death program in the emerging fungal pathogen Candida auris 

  Iyer, Kali R.; Whitesell, Luke; Porco, Jr., John A.; Henkel, Thomas; Brown, Lauren E.; Robbins, Nicole; Cowen, Leah E. (American Society for Microbiology, 2020-03-10)

  Fungal infections are a major contributor to infectious disease-related deaths worldwide. Recently, global emergence of the fungal pathogen Candida auris has caused considerable concern because most C. auris isolates are ...
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  Rocaglates induce gain-of-function alterations to eIF4A and eIF4F 

  Chu, Jennifer; Zhang, Wenhan; Cencic, Regina; O'Connor, Patrick B. F.; Robert, Francis; Devine, William G.; Selznick, Asher; Henkel, Thomas; Merrick, William C.; Brown, Lauren E.; Baranov, Pavel V.; Porco, Jr., John A.; Pelletier, Jerry (Elsevier Inc., 2020-02-25)

  Rocaglates are a diverse family of biologically active molecules that have gained tremendous interest in recent years due to their promising activities in pre-clinical cancer studies. As a result, this family of compounds has ...
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  Meta-analysis and systematic review of skin graft donor-site dressings with future guidelines. 

  Serebrakian, Arman T.; Pickrell, Brent B.; Varon, David E.; Mohamadi, Amin; Grinstaff, Mark W.; Rodriguez, Edward K.; Nazarian, Ara; Halvorson, Eric G.; Sinha, Indranil (2018-09)

  Background: Many types of split-thickness skin graft (STSG) donor-site dressings are available with little consensus from the literature on the optimal dressing type. The purpose of this systematic review was to analyze ...
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  Hybrid plasmonic photoreactors as visible light-mediated bactericides 

  An, Xingda; Naowarojna, Nathchar; Liu, Pinghua; Reinhard, Björn M. (2020-01-08)

  Photocatalytic compounds and complexes, such as tris(bipyridine)ruthenium(II), [Ru(bpy)3]2+, have recently attracted attention as light-mediated bactericides that can help to address the need for new antibacterial strategies. ...

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