Tongjin Zhao, Michael S. Brown, Joseph L. Goldstein and Patrick G. Harran (2008) Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Ghrelin O-Acyltransferase, Serial No. 61/102,353, Filed October 3, 2008.

Hongda Zhao, Lidet Negash, Qi Wei, Thomas G LaCour, Sandi Jo Estill, Emanuela Capota, Andrew A. Pieper and Patrick G. Harran (2008) Acid Promoted Cinnamyl Ion Mobility Within Peptide Derived Macrocycles. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 130, 13864-13866. html

Sean Petersen, Lai Wang, Asligul Yalcin-Chin, Lin Li, Michael Peyton, John Minna, Patrick Harran and Xiaodong Wang (2007) Autocrine TNFα Signaling Renders Human Cancer Cells Susceptible to Smac Mimetic-Induced Apoptosis. Cancer Cell 12. 445-456.
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Commentary: Smac Mimetics and TNFα: A Dangerous Laison? (2007) Cell 131, 655-658.

Gelin Wang, Libin Zhang, Anthony Burgett, Patrick G Harran and Xiaodong Wang (2007) Diazonamide Toxins Reveal an Unexpected Function for Ornithine δ-Aminotransferase in Mitotic Cell Division. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 104, 2068-2073.
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Noelle Williams, Anthony Burgett, Ashley Atkins, Xiaodong Wang, Patrick G. Harran and Steven McKnight (2007) Therapeutic Anti-Cancer Efficiacy of a Synthetic Diazonamide Analog in the Absence of Overt Toxicity Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 104, 2074-2079.
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Iryna Zubovych, Thomas Doundoulakis, Patrick G Harran and Michael G Roth (2006) A Missense Mutation in C.elegans Prohibitin 2 Confers an Atypical Multidrug Resistance Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 103, 15523-15528.
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Patrick G Harran, Jing Li, and Susan Jeong (2006) Synthetic Diazonamides as Novel Anti-Mitotic Agents, US Patent # 7,022,720 B2, issued April 4, 2006.

Patrick G Harran, Noelle S Williams, Anthony WG Burgett (2006) Preparation of a Diazonamide A Analog for Therapeutic Use in Treating Proliferative Diseases. US Patent Application 2007149583 A1.

Masakazu Nakadai and Patrick G. Harran (2006) Concerning the Phakellin Substructure of Palau'amine. Tetrahedron Lett., 47, 3933-3935.
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Patrick G Harran, Gelin Wang and Xiaodong Wang (2006) Ornithine Aminotransferase (OAT): A Target for Anticancer Drugs US Patent Application 2007287679 A1.

Hugo Garrido-Hernandez, Masakazu Nakadai, Mark Vimolrantana, Qingyi Li, Thomas Doundoulakis and Patrick G. Harran (2005) Spirocycloisomerization of Tethered Alkylidene Glycocyamidines: Synthesis of a Base Template Common to Palau’amine Family Alkaloids Angew. Chem Intl. Ed. Engl., 44, 765-769.
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Lin Li, Ranny Mathew Thomas, Hidetaka Suzuki, Jef K. De Brabander, Xiaodong Wang and Patrick G. Harran (2004) A Small Molecule Smac Mimic Potentiates TRAIL and TNFα-Mediated Cell Death Science, 305, 1471-1474.
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Commentary:
1) Medicine: Targeting Apoptotic Pathways in Cancer Cells (2004) Science 305, 1411-1413.
2) Activate Apoptosis; Kill a Tumor (2004)The Lancet Oncology 5 (10), 583.
3) New Apoptosis Drug Faces Critical Test (2005) Nature Biotechnology 23, 409-411.

Anthony Burgett, Qingyi Li, Qi Wei, and Patrick G. Harran (2003) A Concise and Flexible Total Synthesis of (–)-Diazonamide A Angew. Chem Intl. Ed. Engl., 42, 4961-4966.
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Qi Wei, Susan Harran, and Patrick G. Harran (2003) Methods to Initiate Synthetic Re-Structuring of Peptides Tetrahedron (symposium-in-print) 59, 8947-8954.

Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate, Jeffrey T. Mullaney, Patrick G. Harran, George R. Pettit and Ernest Hamel (2003) Dolastatin 15 Binds in the Vinca Domain of Tubulin as Demonstrated by Hummel-Dreyer Chromatography Eur. J. Biochem., 3822-3828.
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Jing Li, Susan Jeong, Lothar Esser, and Patrick G. Harran (2001) Total Synthesis of Nominal Diazonamides: Part 1. Convergent Preparation of the Structure Proposed for (–)-Diazonamide A. Angew. Chem Intl. Ed. Engl., 40, 4765-4770.
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Jing Li, Anthony Burgett, Lothar Esser, Carlos Amezcua, and Patrick G. Harran (2001) Total Synthesis of Nominal Diazonamides: Part 2. On the True Structure and Origin of Natural Isolates. Angew. Chem Intl. Ed. Engl., 40, 4770-4773.
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Commentary:
1) Total Synthesis Surprise. (December 2001) Chemical and Engineering News. 79(51).
2) The Diazonamides: The Plot Thickens. (2002) Angew. Chem. Intl. Ed. Engl. 41(14), 2489-2495.
3) Chemtracts: Org. Chem., 15, 481-486 (2002).
4) Classics in Total Synthesis II, Wiley-VCH (2003) Chapter 20.

Jing Li, Xin Chen, Anthony Burgett, and Patrick G. Harran (2001) Synthetic seco Forms of (–)- Diazonamide A. Angew. Chem Intl. Ed. Engl., 40, 2682-2685.
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Xin Chen, Lothar Esser, and Patrick G. Harran (2000) Stereocontrol in Pinacol Ring-Contraction of Cyclopeptidyl Glycols: The Diazonamide C10 Problem. Angew. Chem Intl. Ed. Engl., 39, 937-940.
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Troy D. Ryba and Patrick G. Harran (2000) Two Useful Photolabile Surfaces for Solid Phase Synthesis. Organic Letters, 2, 851-853.
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Susan Jeong, Xin Chen, and Patrick G. Harran (1998) Macrocyclic Triarylethylenes Via Heck Endocyclization: A System Relevent To Diazonamide Synthesis. J. Org. Chem., 63, 8640-8641.
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Paul A. Wender, Jef De Brabander, Patrick G. Harran, Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Michael F.T. Koehler, Blaise Lippa, Cheol-Min Park, Carsten Siedenbiedel and George R. Pettit (1998) The Design, Computer Modeling, Solution Structure and Biological Evaluation of Synthetic Analogs of Bryostatin 1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 95, 6624-6629.
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Paul A. Wender, Jef De Brabander, Patrick G. Harran, Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Michael F.T. Koehler, Blaise Lippa, and Cheol-Min Park (1998) Synthesis of the First Members of a New Class of Biologically Active Bryostatin Analogs. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 120, 4534-4535.
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Paul A. Wender, Yolanda Martin-Cantalejo, Andrew J. Carpenter, Anna Chiu, Jef De Brabander, Patrick G. Harran, Juan-Miguel Jimenez, Michael F.T. Koehler, Blaise Lippa, James A. Morrison, Stephen G. Müller, Stephen N. Müller, Cheol-Min Park, Makoto Shiozaki, Carsten Siedenbiedel, Donald J. Skalitzky, Masahiro Tanaka, and Kazuhiro Irie (1998) The Chemistry-Medicine Continuum: Synthetic, Computer, Spectroscopic, and Biological Studies on New Chemotherapeutic Leads. Pure & Applied Chem., 70, 539-546.
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Paul A. Wender, Jef De Brabander, Patrick G. Harran, Kevin W. Hinkle, Blaise Lippa, and George R. Pettit (1998) Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Fully Synthetic Bryostatin Analogs. Tetrahedron Lett., 39, 8625-8628.
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Patrick G. Harran and Paul A. Wender: Condensation and Commentary (1997) Alkynylation of C-H Bonds Via Reaction With Acetylenic Triflones. Chemtracts - Organic Chemistry, 522-526.
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Frederick E. Ziegler and Patrick G. Harran (1995) A Synthesis of Naturally Occurring (1S,2S,3R)- 4-Hydroxymethylcyclopent-4-ene-1,2,3-triol Utilizing the Cyclization of a Dioxolanyl Radical. SynLett (Special Issue Dedicated to Professor Gilbert Stork), 493-495.
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Frederick E. Ziegler and Patrick G. Harran (1993) A Route to Chiral Epoxypyrroloindoles via Oxiranyl Radical Cyclization. Tetrahedron Lett., 34, 4505-4508.
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Frederick E. Ziegler and Patrick G. Harran (1993) Intramolecular Addition of a Dioxolanyl Radical to the Indole Nucleus: Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure, Oxygenated Perhydro -3Hpyrrolo[ 1,2a]indoles. J. Org. Chem., 58, 2768-2773.
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Patrick G. Harran, Blanca O. Lopez and Raymond J. Giguere (1990) Synthetic Application of the Alder-Bong Reaction: Stereoselective Construction of the Methanohydroazulene Framework. Syn. Commun, 20, 1453-1462.