| The origin of RNA precursors on exoplanets PB Rimmer, J Xu, SJ Thompson, E Gillen, JD Sutherland, D Queloz Science advances 4 (8), eaar3302, 2018 | 151 | 2018 |
| A prebiotically plausible synthesis of pyrimidine β-ribonucleosides and their phosphate derivatives involving photoanomerization J Xu, M Tsanakopoulou, CJ Magnani, R Szabla, JE Šponer, J Šponer, ... Nature chemistry 9 (4), 303-309, 2017 | 131 | 2017 |
| Selective prebiotic formation of RNA pyrimidine and DNA purine nucleosides J Xu, V Chmela, NJ Green, DA Russell, MJ Janicki, RW Góra, R Szabla, ... Nature 582 (7810), 60-66, 2020 | 122 | 2020 |
| Prebiotically plausible oligoribonucleotide ligation facilitated by chemoselective acetylation FR Bowler, CKW Chan, CD Duffy, B Gerland, S Islam, MW Powner, ... Nature Chemistry 5 (5), 383-389, 2013 | 117 | 2013 |
| Photochemical reductive homologation of hydrogen cyanide using sulfite and ferrocyanide J Xu, DJ Ritson, S Ranjan, ZR Todd, DD Sasselov, JD Sutherland Chemical Communications 54 (44), 5566-5569, 2018 | 100 | 2018 |
| Prebiotic phosphorylation of 2-thiouridine provides either nucleotides or DNA building blocks via photoreduction J Xu, NJ Green, C Gibard, R Krishnamurthy, JD Sutherland Nature chemistry 11 (5), 457-462, 2019 | 81 | 2019 |
| Harnessing chemical energy for the activation and joining of prebiotic building blocks Z Liu, LF Wu, J Xu, C Bonfio, DA Russell, JD Sutherland Nature chemistry 12 (11), 1023-1028, 2020 | 65 | 2020 |
| Synthesis of Conformationally Locked Carba-LNAs through Intramolecular Free-Radical Addition to C N. Electrostatic and Steric Implication of the Carba-LNA Substituents in the … J Xu, Y Liu, C Dupouy, J Chattopadhyaya The Journal of Organic Chemistry 74 (17), 6534-6554, 2009 | 57 | 2009 |
| Synthesis and agonist activity of cyclic ADP-ribose analogues with substitution of the northern ribose by ether or alkane chains J Xu, Z Yang, W Dammermann, L Zhang, AH Guse, L Zhang Journal of medicinal chemistry 49 (18), 5501-5512, 2006 | 49 | 2006 |
| Illuminating life’s origins: UV photochemistry in abiotic synthesis of biomolecules NJ Green, J Xu, JD Sutherland Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (19), 7219-7236, 2021 | 46 | 2021 |
| Synthesis of 2′, 4′-propylene-bridged (carba-ENA) thymidine and its analogues: the engineering of electrostatic and steric effects at the bottom of the minor groove for … Y Liu, J Xu, M Karimiahmadabadi, C Zhou, J Chattopadhyaya The Journal of Organic Chemistry 75 (21), 7112-7128, 2010 | 27 | 2010 |
| Cellular effects and metabolic stability of N1‐cyclic inosine diphosphoribose and its derivatives T Kirchberger, G Wagner, J Xu, C Cordiglieri, P Wang, A Gasser, ... British journal of pharmacology 149 (4), 337-344, 2006 | 25 | 2006 |
| Prebiotic photochemical coproduction of purine ribo-and deoxyribonucleosides J Xu, NJ Green, DA Russell, Z Liu, JD Sutherland Journal of the American Chemical Society 143 (36), 14482-14486, 2021 | 18 | 2021 |
| Timescales for prebiotic photochemistry under realistic surface ultraviolet conditions PB Rimmer, SJ Thompson, J Xu, DA Russell, NJ Green, DJ Ritson, ... Astrobiology 21 (9), 1099-1120, 2021 | 18 | 2021 |
| Thiophosphate–A Versatile Prebiotic Reagent? DJ Ritson, J Xu, JD Sutherland Synlett 28 (01), 64-67, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Solid-Phase Synthesis and Hybrization Behavior of Partially 2′/3′-O-Acetylated RNA Oligonucleotides J Xu, CD Duffy, CKW Chan, JD Sutherland The Journal of Organic Chemistry 79 (8), 3311-3326, 2014 | 12 | 2014 |
| A new and potentially prebiotic α-cytidine derivative M Tsanakopoulou, J Xu, AD Bond, JD Sutherland Chemical communications 53 (23), 3327-3329, 2017 | 4 | 2017 |
| Prebiotic Chemistry on Exoplanets Within the Liquid Water Habitable Zone PB Rimmer, J Xu, SJ Thompson, E Gillen, JD Sutherland, D Queloz Habitable Worlds 2017: A System Science Workshop 2042, 4094, 2017 | 1 | 2017 |
| Harnessing chemical energy for the activation and joining of prebiotic building blocks (vol 12, pg 1023, 2020) Z Liu, LF Wu, J Xu, C Bonfio, DA Russell, JD Sutherland NATURE CHEMISTRY 13 (1), 99-99, 2021 | | 2021 |
| Publisher Correction: Harnessing chemical energy for the activation and joining of prebiotic building blocks Z Liu, LF Wu, J Xu, C Bonfio, DA Russell, JD Sutherland Nature Chemistry 13 (1), 99-99, 2021 | | 2021 |
