1. Jin S, Choudhary G, Cheng Y, Dai C, Li M, Wang B*. Fluoride protects boronic acids in the copper(I)-mediated click reaction. Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Sep 21;(35):5251
2. Li M, Lin N, Huang Z, Du L, Altier C, Fang H, Wang B*.Selecting aptamers for a glycoprotein through the incorporation of the boronic acid moiety. J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Sep 24;130(38):12636-8.
3.Peng H, Cheng Y, Ni N, Li M, Choudhary G, Chou HT, Lu CD, Tai PC, Wang B*. Synthesis and evaluation of new antagonists of bacterial quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi.ChemMedChem. 2009 Sep;4(9):1457-68.
4. Ni N, Choudhary G, Peng H, Li M, Chou HT, Lu CD, Gilbert ES, Wang B*.Inhibition of quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi by boronic acids.Chem Biol Drug Des. 2009 Jul;74(1):51-6.
5.Jin S, Cheng Y, Reid S, Li M, Wang B*.Carbohydrate recognition by boronolectins, small molecules, and lectins.Med Res Rev. 2009 Mar 16.
6. Ni N, Choudhary G, Li M, Wang B*.A new phenothiazine structural scaffold as inhibitors of bacterial quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi.Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Apr 24;382(1):153-6.
7. Jin S, Zhu C, Li M, Wang B*.Identification of the first fluorescent alpha-amidoboronic acids that change fluorescent properties upon sugar binding.Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Mar 15;19(6):1596-9.
8. Du L, Li M, Zheng S, Wang B*.Rational Design of a Fluorescent Hydrogen Peroxide Probe Based on the Umbelliferone Fluorophore.Tetrahedron Lett. 2008 May 5;49(19):3045-3048.
9. Zheng S, Kaur G, Wang H, Li M, Macnaughtan M, Yang X, Reid S, Prestegard J, Wang B, Ke H.Design, synthesis, and structure-activity relationship, molecular modeling, and NMR studies of a series of phenyl alkyl ketones as highly potent and selective phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitors.J Med Chem. 2008 Dec 25;51(24):7673-88.
10.Ni N, Li M, Wang J, Wang B*.Inhibitors and antagonists of bacterial quorum sensing. Med Res Rev. 2009 Jan;29(1):65-124.
11.Li M, Ni N, Chou HT, Lu CD, Tai PC, Wang B*. Structure-based discovery and experimental verification of novel AI-2 quorum sensing inhibitors against Vibrio harveyi. ChemMedChem. 2008 Aug;3(8):1242-9.
12. Jin S, Li M, Zhu C, Tran V, Wang B*.Computer-based de novo design, synthesis, and evaluation of boronic acid-based artificial receptors for selective recognition of dopamine.Chembiochem. 2008 Jun 16;9(9):1431-8.
1) Biomarker-based MRI Contrast Agents, PI, NIH (CA123329), $1,140,875, 9/20/2006-8/31/2010.
2)Development of Novel Small Molecules for Malignant Brain Tumor, Sub-contract PI (PI: Erwin Van Meir, Emory), NIH, $383,584, 9/1/2007-3/31/2012