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Yong Zhang is affiliated with Northwest A&F University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a total of 226 publications in these areas. Additionally, Zhang has a significant body of work related to Medicine, reflected in 83 publications.

Zhang's research focuses notably on molecular biology and genetics, with key subfields including:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Genetics
  • Physiology
  • Cancer Research

Main topics of scientific investigation covered by Zhang's work comprise:

  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • RNA Research and Splicing
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics

Zhang has frequently published in prominent venues including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) - 14 publications
  • Cell Proliferation - 4 publications
  • PubMed - 4 publications
  • Nature Communications - 3 publications
  • The FASEB Journal - 3 publications

Several notable papers authored by Yong Zhang include:

  • Coxiella burnetii inhibits host immunity by a protein phosphatase adapted from glycolysis, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Health status assessment and remaining useful life prediction of aero-engine based on BiGRU and MMoE, 2021, Reliability Engineering & System Safety

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Zhaowei Yu, Shaorong Gao, Haoran Lin, Guifen Liu, and Wen Wang.

Best Publications

  • Exogenous Melatonin Confers Salt Stress Tolerance to Watermelon by Improving Photosynthesis and Redox Homeostasis.

    Hao Li;Jingjing Chang;Hejie Chen;Zhongyuan Wang

  • Increased pre-implantation development of cloned bovine embryos treated with 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and trichostatin A.

    X. Ding;Y. Wang;D. Zhang;Z. Guo

  • Single Cas9 nickase induced generation of NRAMP1 knockin cattle with reduced off-target effects.

    Yuanpeng Gao;Haibo Wu;Yongsheng Wang;Xin Liu

  • Local melatonin application induces cold tolerance in distant organs of Citrullus lanatus L. via long distance transport

    Hao Li;Jingjing Chang;Junxian Zheng;Yuchuan Dong

  • Induction of umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells into neuron-like cells in vitro.

    Lingling Hou;Hua Cao;Dongmei Wang;Guorong Wei

  • Melatonin improves age-induced fertility decline and attenuates ovarian mitochondrial oxidative stress in mice.

    Chao Song;Wei Peng;Songna Yin;Jiamin Zhao

  • TALE nickase-mediated SP110 knockin endows cattle with increased resistance to tuberculosis

    Haibo Wu;Yongsheng Wang;Yan Zhang;Mingqi Yang

  • H3K9 demethylase KDM4E is an epigenetic regulator for bovine embryonic development and a defective factor for nuclear reprogramming.

    Xin Liu;Yizhi Wang;Yuanpeng Gao;Jianmin Su

  • Zinc-finger nickase-mediated insertion of the lysostaphin gene into the beta-casein locus in cloned cows

    Xu Liu;Yongsheng Wang;Wenjiang Guo;Bohao Chang

  • Nlrp2, a Maternal Effect Gene Required for Early Embryonic Development in the Mouse

    Hui Peng;Bohao Chang;Chenglong Lu;Jianmin Su

  • DNA methyltransferases and methyl-binding proteins of mammals.

    Jie Lan;Song Hua;Xiaoning He;Yong Zhang

  • LncRNA XIST mediates bovine mammary epithelial cell inflammatory response via NF-κB/NLRP3 inflammasome pathway

    Mengru Ma;Yifei Pei;Xixi Wang;Jiaxin Feng

  • Melatonin supplementation during in vitro maturation of oocyte enhances subsequent development of bovine cloned embryos

    Quanli An;Wei Peng;Yuyao Cheng;Zhenzhen Lu

  • Effects of embryo-derived exosomes on the development of bovine cloned embryos.

    Pengxiang Qu;Suzhu Qing;Ruiqi Liu;Hongyu Qin

  • Generation of induced pluripotent stem cells from newborn marmoset skin fibroblasts.

    Yuehong Wu;Yong Zhang;Anuja Mishra;Suzette D. Tardif

  • Gene targeting by TALEN-induced homologous recombination in goats directs production of β-lactoglobulin-free, high-human lactoferrin milk

    Chenchen Cui;Yujie Song;Jun Liu;Hengtao Ge

  • The effects of 5-aza-2'- deoxycytidine and trichostatin A on gene expression and DNA methylation status in cloned bovine blastocysts.

    Yongsheng Wang;Jianmin Su;Lijun Wang;Wenbing Xu

  • Glutathione-dependent induction of local and systemic defense against oxidative stress by exogenous melatonin in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).

    Hao Li;Jie He;Xiaozhen Yang;Xin Li

  • Genome-wide analysis of DNA methylation in bovine placentas.

    Jianmin Su;Yongsheng Wang;Xupeng Xing;Jun Liu

  • Generation of mastitis resistance in cows by targeting human lysozyme gene to β-casein locus using zinc-finger nucleases

    Xu Liu;Yongsheng Wang;Yuchen Tian;Yuan Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun S. Liu
Jun S. Liu Harvard University
Randall S. Prather
Randall S. Prather University of Missouri
Guang-Hui Liu
Guang-Hui Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weiya Zhang
Weiya Zhang University of Nottingham

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