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Xiaoyu Zhang is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans significant subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Food Science, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main research topics covered by Xiaoyu Zhang include:

  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

The scientist has contributed to several recent research papers, including:

  • "Systematic identification of wheat spike developmental regulators by integrated multi-omics, transcriptional network, GWAS, and genetic analyses" (2024), published in Molecular Plant
  • "Artificial intelligence applications in the diagnosis and treatment of bacterial infections" (2024), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Analysis of chromatin accessibility in p53 deficient spermatogonial stem cells for high frequency transformation into pluripotent state" (2022), published in Cell Proliferation
  • "Nutrient restriction synergizes with retinoic acid to induce mammalian meiotic initiation in vitro" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "Machine learning sequence prioritization for cell type-specific enhancer design" (2022), published in eLife

Xiaoyu Zhang frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Jiquan Chen, Zhigang Dai, Ning Wang, Zemao Yang, and Xuelei Lin. These partnerships have resulted in multiple co-authored works.

Their publications are often found in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plant Biotechnology Journal, Foods, Research Square, and Molecular Plant. Among these, bioRxiv has the highest number of publications associated with Xiaoyu Zhang.

Best Publications

  • Shotgun bisulphite sequencing of the Arabidopsis genome reveals DNA methylation patterning

    Shawn J. Cokus;Suhua Feng;Xiaoyu Zhang;Zugen Chen

  • Genome-wide high-resolution mapping and functional analysis of DNA methylation in arabidopsis.

    Xiaoyu Zhang;Junshi Yazaki;Ambika Sundaresan;Shawn Cokus

  • Conservation and divergence of methylation patterning in plants and animals

    Suhua Feng;Shawn J. Cokus;Xiaoyu Zhang;Pao Yang Chen

  • Methylation of tRNAAsp by the DNA Methyltransferase Homolog Dnmt2

    Mary Grace Goll;Finn Kirpekar;Keith A. Maggert;Jeffrey A. Yoder

  • Relationship between nucleosome positioning and DNA methylation.

    Ramakrishna K. Chodavarapu;Suhua Feng;Yana V. Bernatavichute;Pao Yang Chen

  • Whole-genome analysis of histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation in Arabidopsis.

    Xiaoyu Zhang;Oliver Clarenz;Shawn Cokus;Yana V Bernatavichute

  • Dissecting Arabidopsis thaliana DICER function in small RNA processing, gene silencing and DNA methylation patterning

    Ian R Henderson;Xiaoyu Zhang;Cheng Lu;Lianna Johnson

  • Genome-wide analysis of mono-, di- and trimethylation of histone H3 lysine 4 in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Xiaoyu Zhang;Yana V Bernatavichute;Shawn Cokus;Matteo Pellegrini

  • Pack-MULE transposable elements mediate gene evolution in plants

    Ning Jiang;Zhirong Bao;Zhirong Bao;Xiaoyu Zhang;Xiaoyu Zhang;Sean R. Eddy

  • An active DNA transposon family in rice

    Ning Jiang;Zhirong Bao;Xiaoyu Zhang;Hirohiko Hirochika

  • The SRA Methyl-Cytosine-Binding Domain Links DNA and Histone Methylation

    Lianna M. Johnson;Magnolia Bostick;Xiaoyu Zhang;Edward Kraft

  • Genome-wide association of histone H3 lysine nine methylation with CHG DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Yana V. Bernatavichute;Xiaoyu Zhang;Shawn Cokus;Matteo Pellegrini

  • Widespread long-range cis-regulatory elements in the maize genome.

    William A. Ricci;Zefu Lu;Lexiang Ji;Alexandre P. Marand

  • The Arabidopsis LHP1 protein colocalizes with histone H3 Lys27 trimethylation

    Xiaoyu Zhang;Xiaoyu Zhang;Sophie Germann;Bartlomiej J Blus;Sepideh Khorasanizadeh

  • CHH islands: de novo DNA methylation in near-gene chromatin regulation in maize

    Jonathan I. Gent;Nathanael A. Ellis;Lin Guo;Alex E. Harkess

  • The Functional Topography of the Arabidopsis Genome Is Organized in a Reduced Number of Linear Motifs of Chromatin States

    Joana Sequeira-Mendes;Irene Aragüez;Ramón Peiró;Raul Mendez-Giraldez

  • Role of RNA polymerase IV in plant small RNA metabolism

    Xiaoyu Zhang;Ian R. Henderson;Cheng Lu;Pamela J. Green

  • On the origin and evolutionary consequences of gene body DNA methylation.

    Adam J. Bewick;Lexiang Ji;Chad E. Niederhuth;Eva-Maria Willing

  • The prevalence, evolution and chromatin signatures of plant regulatory elements

    Zefu Lu;Alexandre P Marand;William A Ricci;Christina L Ethridge

  • Miniature Inverted-Repeat Transposable Elements and Their Relationship to Established DNA Transposons

    Cédric Feschotte;Xiaoyu Zhang;Susan R. Wessler

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven E. Jacobsen
Steven E. Jacobsen University of California, Los Angeles
Robert J. Schmitz
Robert J. Schmitz University of Georgia
Susan R. Wessler
Susan R. Wessler University of California, Riverside
Matteo Pellegrini
Matteo Pellegrini University of California, Los Angeles
Ning Jiang
Ning Jiang Michigan State University
Ian R. Henderson
Ian R. Henderson University of Cambridge
Suhua Feng
Suhua Feng University of California, Los Angeles
Cédric Feschotte
Cédric Feschotte Cornell University
Nathan M. Springer
Nathan M. Springer University of Minnesota
Sean R. Eddy
Sean R. Eddy Harvard University

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