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Enbo Ma is affiliated with Shanxi University in China and focuses on research within the broad fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work frequently intersects the subfields of Molecular Biology, Insect Science, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Genetics, and Immunology.

The research topics that Enbo Ma extensively covers include Insect Resistance and Genetics, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms.

Enbo Ma has published multiple papers, with some of the recent notable works including:

  • Improved genome editing by an engineered CRISPR-Cas12a, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research
  • A scoutRNA Is Required for Some Type V CRISPR-Cas Systems, 2020, Molecular Cell
  • A dsRNA-degrading nuclease (dsRNase2) limits RNAi efficiency in the Asian corn borer (Ostrinia furnacalis), 2020, Insect Science
  • Both LmCYP4G genes function in decreasing cuticular penetration of insecticides in Locusta migratoria, 2020, Pest Management Science
  • The fatty acid elongase gene LmELO7 is required for hydrocarbon biosynthesis and cuticle permeability in the migratory locust, Locusta migratoria, 2020, Journal of Insect Physiology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Enbo Ma include:

  • Jianzhen Zhang
  • Kun Yan Zhu
  • Yanli Wang
  • Mureed Abbas
  • Xueyao Zhang

The regular publication venues for Enbo Ma's research are:

  • Insects
  • Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Insect Science
  • Pest Management Science

Enbo Ma's work has contributed to knowledge particularly in genetic engineering techniques such as CRISPR-Cas systems, as well as in the molecular basis of insect resistance mechanisms and RNA interference efficiency. The combination of molecular biology and entomological studies forms a substantial part of their research orientation.

Best Publications

  • RNA-programmed genome editing in human cells

    Martin Jinek;Alexandra East;Aaron Cheng;Steven Lin

  • High-throughput profiling of off-target DNA cleavage reveals RNA-programmed Cas9 nuclease specificity

    Vikram Pattanayak;Steven Lin;John P Guilinger;Enbo Ma

  • Structures of Cas9 Endonucleases Reveal RNA- Mediated Conformational Activation

    Martin Jinek;Fuguo Jiang;David W. Taylor;David W. Taylor;Samuel H. Sternberg

  • Programmed DNA destruction by miniature CRISPR-Cas14 enzymes.

    Lucas B. Harrington;David Burstein;Janice S. Chen;David Paez-Espino

  • A Novel miRNA Processing Pathway Independent of Dicer Requires Argonaute2 Catalytic Activity

    Daniel Cifuentes;Huiling Xue;David W. Taylor;Heather Patnode

  • In vitro reconstitution of the human RISC-loading complex

    Ian J. MacRae;Enbo Ma;Min Zhou;Carol V. Robinson

  • CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors

    Jun Jie Liu;Jun Jie Liu;Jun Jie Liu;Natalia Orlova;Benjamin L. Oakes;Enbo Ma

  • Structural insights into RNA processing by the human RISC-loading complex

    Hong-Wei Wang;Cameron L. Noland;Bunpote Siridechadilok;David W. Taylor

  • A Broad-Spectrum Inhibitor of CRISPR-Cas9.

    Lucas B. Harrington;Kevin W. Doxzen;Enbo Ma;Jun Jie Liu

  • Role of Trehalose Phosphate Synthase in Anoxia Tolerance and Development in Drosophila melanogaster

    Qiaofang Chen;Enbo Ma;Kevin L. Behar;Tian Xu

  • Silencing of two alternative splicing-derived mRNA variants of chitin synthase 1 gene by RNAi is lethal to the oriental migratory locust, Locusta migratoria manilensis (Meyen).

    Jianzhen Zhang;Xiaojian Liu;Jianqin Zhang;Daqi Li

  • Expression and localization of Na+/H+ exchangers in rat central nervous system

    E Ma;G.G Haddad

  • Substrate-specific structural rearrangements of human Dicer

    David W. Taylor;Enbo Ma;Hideki Shigematsu;Michael A. Cianfrocco

  • Intracellular pH regulation of CA1 neurons in Na+/H+ isoform 1 mutant mice

    Hang Yao;Enbo Ma;Xiang-Qun Gu;Gabriel G. Haddad

  • Universal intracellular biomolecule delivery with precise dosage control

    Y. Cao;H. Chen;R. Qiu;M. Hanna

  • Mechanisms of organophosphate resistance in a field population of oriental migratory locust, Locusta migratoria manilensis (Meyen).

    M.L. Yang;J.Z. Zhang;K.Y. Zhu;T. Xuan

  • Comparative Genomic Analysis of Chitinase and Chitinase-Like Genes in the African Malaria Mosquito (Anopheles gambiae)

    Jianzhen Zhang;Jianzhen Zhang;Xin Zhang;Yasuyuki Arakane;Yasuyuki Arakane;Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan

  • Helicoidal Organization of Chitin in the Cuticle of the Migratory Locust Requires the Function of the Chitin Deacetylase2 Enzyme (LmCDA2).

    Rongrong Yu;Weimin Liu;Daqi Li;Xiaoming Zhao

  • A double-stranded RNA degrading enzyme reduces the efficiency of oral RNA interference in migratory locust.

    Huifang Song;Jianqin Zhang;Daqi Li;Anastasia M.W. Cooper

  • Two chitinase 5 genes from Locusta migratoria: molecular characteristics and functional differentiation.

    Daqi Li;Jianqin Zhang;Yan Wang;Xiaojian Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Kun Yan Zhu
Kun Yan Zhu Kansas State University
Bernard Moussian
Bernard Moussian University of Tübingen
René Feyereisen
René Feyereisen University of Copenhagen
Karl J. Kramer
Karl J. Kramer Kansas State University
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan
Subbaratnam Muthukrishnan Kansas State University
Tong-Xian Liu
Tong-Xian Liu Northwest A&F University

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