Chaoyou Xue

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Chaoyou Xue is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chaoyou Xue has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Chaoyou Xue's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (4 papers). Chaoyou Xue is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (11 papers), DNA Repair Mechanisms (9 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (4 papers). Chaoyou Xue collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Chaoyou Xue's co-authors include Eric C. Greene, Dipali G. Sashital, Wenyu Lü, Patrick Sung, Youngho Kwon, Fanglong Zhao, Xue Yang, J. Brooks Crickard, Weibin Wang and Chen Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chaoyou Xue

29 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. DNA Repair Pathway Choices in CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing
    2021 234 citations Chaoyou Xue, Eric C. Greene Trends in Genetics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chaoyou Xue United States 19 906 167 127 94 75 30 1.0k
Phuc Leo H. Vo United States 7 789 0.9× 263 1.6× 118 0.9× 6 0.1× 36 0.5× 8 852
Britta Tjaden Germany 15 795 0.9× 246 1.5× 64 0.5× 17 0.2× 62 0.8× 16 1.0k
Meizhu Yang United States 13 1.0k 1.1× 157 0.9× 970 7.6× 38 0.4× 17 0.2× 17 1.3k
Qi Xu China 18 637 0.7× 101 0.6× 200 1.6× 5 0.1× 303 4.0× 54 999
Sukanya Iyer United States 9 400 0.4× 140 0.8× 77 0.6× 11 0.1× 42 0.6× 12 536
Madhab Kumar Sen Czechia 10 277 0.3× 48 0.3× 149 1.2× 46 0.5× 10 0.1× 26 412
Olga Zagnitko United States 13 614 0.7× 118 0.7× 150 1.2× 78 0.8× 43 0.6× 18 916
Abhishek Dass India 8 497 0.5× 86 0.5× 381 3.0× 11 0.1× 10 0.1× 11 713

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chaoyou Xue

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chaoyou Xue

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chaoyou Xue. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chaoyou Xue based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chaoyou Xue. Chaoyou Xue is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xue, Chaoyou, et al.. (2025). A synthetic biology toolkit for the plasmid-dependent and thermophilic methylotroph Bacillus methanolicus. Cell Reports. 45(1). 116788–116788.
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Chen, Xinwen, et al.. (2024). Recent advances in CRISPR-Cas9-based genome insertion technologies. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 35(1). 102138–102138. 31 indexed citations
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Xue, Chaoyou, Sameer Salunkhe, Nozomi Tomimatsu, et al.. (2022). Bloom helicase mediates formation of large single–stranded DNA loops during DNA end processing. Nature Communications. 13(1). 2248–2248. 15 indexed citations
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Unciuleac, Mihaela-Carmen, et al.. (2021). Clutch mechanism of chemomechanical coupling in a DNA resecting motor nuclease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(11). 6 indexed citations
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Xue, Chaoyou & Eric C. Greene. (2021). DNA Repair Pathway Choices in CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing. Trends in Genetics. 37(7). 639–656. 234 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Xue, Zhitao Mao, Xin Zhao, et al.. (2021). Integrating thermodynamic and enzymatic constraints into genome-scale metabolic models. Metabolic Engineering. 67. 133–144. 30 indexed citations
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Adolph, Madison B., Chaoyou Xue, Mauro Modesti, et al.. (2021). RADX controls RAD51 filament dynamics to regulate replication fork stability. Molecular Cell. 81(5). 1074–1083.e5. 24 indexed citations
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Kong, Muwen, et al.. (2020). DNA Curtains Shed Light on Complex Molecular Systems During Homologous Recombination. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations
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Xue, Chaoyou, Justin B. Steinfeld, Weixing Zhao, et al.. (2020). Single-molecule visualization of human RECQ5 interactions with single-stranded DNA recombination intermediates. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(1). 285–305. 16 indexed citations
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Kong, Muwen, Erin Cutts, Dongqing Pan, et al.. (2020). Human Condensin I and II Drive Extensive ATP-Dependent Compaction of Nucleosome-Bound DNA. Molecular Cell. 79(1). 99–114.e9. 111 indexed citations
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Jia, Ning, et al.. (2019). Structures and single-molecule analysis of bacterial motor nuclease AdnAB illuminate the mechanism of DNA double-strand break resection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(49). 24507–24516. 18 indexed citations
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Crickard, J. Brooks, Chaoyou Xue, Weibin Wang, et al.. (2019). The RecQ helicase Sgs1 drives ATP-dependent disruption of Rad51 filaments. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(9). 4694–4706. 26 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhenxin, Chaoyou Xue, Sandeep Kumar, et al.. (2019). Rad52 Restrains Resection at DNA Double-Strand Break Ends in Yeast. Molecular Cell. 76(5). 699–711.e6. 38 indexed citations
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Xue, Chaoyou, et al.. (2018). Real-Time Observation of Target Search by the CRISPR Surveillance Complex Cascade. Biophysical Journal. 114(3). 250a–251a. 1 indexed citations
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Xue, Chaoyou, et al.. (2018). Fluorescence-based methods for measuring target interference by CRISPR–Cas systems. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 616. 61–85. 8 indexed citations
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Xue, Chaoyou, et al.. (2017). Real-Time Observation of Target Search by the CRISPR Surveillance Complex Cascade. Cell Reports. 21(13). 3717–3727. 33 indexed citations
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Xue, Chaoyou, et al.. (2016). Conformational Control of Cascade Interference and Priming Activities in CRISPR Immunity. Molecular Cell. 64(4). 826–834. 37 indexed citations
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Xue, Chaoyou, Arun S. Seetharam, Olga Musharova, et al.. (2015). CRISPR interference and priming varies with individual spacer sequences. Nucleic Acids Research. 43(22). 10831–10847. 78 indexed citations
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Zhao, Fanglong, et al.. (2013). A Comparative Metabolomics Analysis ofSaccharopolyspora spinosaWT, WH124, and LU104 Revealed Metabolic Mechanisms Correlated with Increases in Spinosad Yield. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 77(8). 1661–1668. 10 indexed citations
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Yang, Xue, et al.. (2012). Enhanced rhamnolipids production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa based on a pH stage-controlled fed-batch fermentation process. Bioresource Technology. 117. 208–213. 79 indexed citations

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