Aniekan Okon

Massachusetts Institute of Technology — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

8h-index300citations17works0.72yr avg
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Research Topics

PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer(4), RNA modifications and cancer(3), Polyamine Metabolism and Applications(3), Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis(3), Mosquito-borne diseases and control(2)

Publications17 total

Hydrophilic α-Aryl-α-Diazoamides for Protein Esterification
Synlett·2025Open Access
Cytosolic Delivery of Functional Ubiquitin
Journal of Peptide Science·2025Open Access
Facile Access to Branched Multispecific Proteins
Bioconjugate Chemistry·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Intracellular Delivery of Functional Proteins
The FASEB Journal·2022
<i>In Vitro</i> and <i>In Vivo</i> Characterization of the Anti-Zika Virus Activity of ProTides of 2′-C-β-Methylguanosine
ACS Infectious Diseases·2020· 4 cited
Profiling of Small Ribosomal Subunits Reveals Modes and Regulation of Translation Initiation
Cell Reports·2020· 42 citedOpen Access
Repression of oncogenic cap-mediated translation by 4Ei-10 diminishes proliferation, enhances chemosensitivity and alters expression of malignancy-related proteins in mesothelioma
Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology·2020· 6 cited
Deconstructing the individual steps of vertebrate translation initiation
2019· 2 citedOpen Access
Development of chemical probes for intracellular nucleotide delivery, profiling of the metabolic fate(s) of nucleoside monoester phosphoramidates, and a nucleotide mimetic inhibitor of eIF4E
University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy (University of Minnesota)·2018Open Access
Induction of the p53 Tumor Suppressor in Cancer Cells through Inhibition of Cap-Dependent Translation
Molecular and Cellular Biology·2018· 16 citedOpen Access
Anchimerically Activated ProTides as Inhibitors of Cap-Dependent Translation and Inducers of Chemosensitization in Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry·2017· 27 citedOpen Access
Anchimerically Activatable Antiviral ProTides
ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters·2017· 17 citedOpen Access
Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Induced Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition is blocked by a chemical antagonist of translation factor eIF4E
Scientific Reports·2015· 39 citedOpen Access
Small-molecule inhibition of oncogenic eukaryotic protein translation in mesothelioma cells
Investigational New Drugs·2014· 23 cited
Tackling Seam Bias Through Questionnaire Design
2009· 23 cited
"CENSUS BUREAU" vs. "UNKNOWN CALLER": Caller-ID Displays and Survey Cooperation *
2007· 3 cited
Growth of Spirillum Lipoferum At Constant Partial Pressures of Oxygen, and the Properties of its Nitrogenase in Cell-free Extracts
Journal of General Microbiology·1977· 96 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Carston R. Wagner(8), Ronald T. Raines(4), Y. LI(3), Eric R. Strieter(3), Adam Giess(2), Yamila N. Torres Cleuren(2), Håkon Tjeldnes(2), Maximilian Krause(2), Teshome Tilahun Bizuayehu(2), Senna Hiensch(2), Eivind Valen(2), Peter B. Bitterman(2), Blake A. Jacobson(2), Manish R. Patel(2), Robert A. Kratzke(2), Nancy Bates(2), Marcos Romário Matos de Souza(2), Luciana Jesus da Costa(2), Jin-Yi Yang(2), JoLynn B. Giancola(2)