Derrick Watkins

University of Tennessee Southern — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

16h-index729citations22works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(14), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry(9), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques(7), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions(7), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(4)

Publications22 total

Models of Hfq interactions with small non-coding RNA in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology·2023· 19 citedOpen Access
Regulatory roles of small RNAs in prokaryotes: parallels and contrast with eukaryotic miRNA
Non-coding RNA Investigation·2019· 20 citedOpen Access
Aminoglycoside Functionalization as a Tool for Targeting Nucleic Acids
Methods in molecular biology·2019· 4 cited
Probing A-form DNA: A fluorescent aminosugar probe and dual recognition by anthraquinone-neomycin conjugates
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry·2016· 20 cited
Multivalency in the recognition and antagonism of a HIV TAR RNA–TAT assembly using an aminoglycoside benzimidazole scaffold
Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry·2016· 38 citedOpen Access
A pH Sensitive High-Throughput Assay for miRNA Binding of a Peptide-Aminoglycoside (PA) Library
PLoS ONE·2015· 18 citedOpen Access
Arginine-linked neomycin B dimers: synthesis, rRNA binding, and resistance enzyme activity
MedChemComm·2015· 22 citedOpen Access
Influence of Linker Length and Composition on Enzymatic Activity and Ribosomal Binding of Neomycin Dimers
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy·2015· 21 citedOpen Access
Rapid Synthesis, RNA Binding, and Antibacterial Screening of a Peptidic-Aminosugar (PA) Library
ACS Chemical Biology·2015· 37 citedOpen Access
Novel Aminoglycosides to Target Resistant Pathogens
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Bioengineering and Life Sciences·2014
An assay for human telomeric G-quadruplex DNA binding drugs
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters·2013· 15 citedOpen Access
Recognition of HIV-TAR RNA using neomycin–benzimidazole conjugates
Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters·2013· 37 citedOpen Access
Characterization of Ribosomal Binding and Antibacterial Activities Using Two Orthogonal High-Throughput Screens
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy·2013· 14 citedOpen Access
A fluorescence-based screen for ribosome binding antibiotics
Analytical Biochemistry·2012· 40 citedOpen Access
Indirect Readout of DNA Sequence by P22 Repressor: Roles of DNA and Protein Functional Groups in Modulating DNA Conformation
Journal of Molecular Biology·2012· 18 cited
RNA Folding and Catalysis Mediated by Iron (II)
PLoS ONE·2012· 89 citedOpen Access
Protein: Feeling the Groove of DNA
ACS symposium series·2011· 3 cited
Sequence Recognition of DNA by Protein-Induced Conformational Transitions
Journal of Molecular Biology·2010· 45 cited
Application of Anomalous Diffraction Methods to the Study of DNA and DNA-Complexes
Methods in molecular biology·2009· 3 cited
P22 c2 Repressor−Operator Complex:  Mechanisms of Direct and Indirect Readout
Biochemistry·2008· 62 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Dev P. Arya(14), Loren Dean Williams(7), Sunil Kumar(6), Nihar Ranjan(5), Changjun Gong(5), Gerald B. Koudelka(4), Keith Green(3), Sylvie Garneau‐Tsodikova(3), Chiaolong Hsiao(2), Patrick Kellish(2), Liuwei Jiang(2), Yi Jin(2), Ada King(2), Tinoush Moulaei(2), Seiji Komeda(2), Lydia-Ann Harris(2), M. J. Cleare(1), Paul C. Hydes(1), B.W. Malerbi(1), Shreyas S. Athavale(1)