Chunfu Xu

2.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
17 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Chunfu Xu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomaterials and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chunfu Xu has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Biomaterials and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Chunfu Xu's work include Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers). Chunfu Xu is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials (6 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers) and Chemical Synthesis and Analysis (4 papers). Chunfu Xu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Austria. Chunfu Xu's co-authors include David Baker, Vincent P. Conticello, Frank DiMaio, Po‐Ssu Huang, Tamir Gonen, Edward H. Egelman, Xiaobing Zuo, Gustav Oberdorfer, Tao Jiang and Yifan Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Chunfu Xu

16 papers receiving 1.6k citations

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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.

Design of a hyperstable 60-subunit protein icosahedron

2016 322 citations Yang Hsia, Jacob B. Bale et al. Nature profile →
Atomic-accuracy models from 4.5-Å cryo-electron microscopy data with density-guided iterative local refinement

2015 244 citations Frank DiMaio, Yifan Song et al. Nature Methods profile →
De novo design of protein homo-oligomers with modular hydrogen-bond network–mediated specificity

2016 232 citations Scott E. Boyken, Zibo Chen et al. Science profile →
High thermodynamic stability of parametrically designed helical bundles

2014 211 citations Po‐Ssu Huang, Gustav Oberdorfer et al. Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chunfu Xu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chunfu Xu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chunfu Xu 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 Chunfu Xu. Chunfu Xu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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17 of 17 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	AlphaFold-guided structural analyses of nucleosome binding proteins 2025 ·Nucleic Acids Research ·Xin Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Tingrui Song, Weibin Gong, Shunmin He, Shan Shan, Chunfu Xu, Zheng Zhou	1
2	Protein Design Meets Single-Molecule Detection: Towards Programmable Nanopore Sensors 2025 ·International Journal of Molecular Sciences ·Xintong Liu, Chunfu Xu	0
3	Improving diffusion-based protein backbone generation with global-geometry-aware latent encoding 2025 ·Nature Machine Intelligence ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Min Li, Chunfu Xu, Haipeng Gong	1
4	De novo design of obligate ABC-type heterotrimeric proteins 2022 ·Nature Structural & Molecular Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), Ya‐Ting Chang, Andrew Norris, Scott E. Boyken, Yang Hsia, Hugh K. Haddox, Chunfu Xu, TJ Brunette, Vicki H. Wysocki, Gira Bhabha, Damian C. Ekiert, David Baker	18
5	Computational design of mechanically coupled axle-rotor protein assemblies 2022 ·Science ·Alexis Courbet, Jesse M. Hansen, Yang Hsia, Neville P. Bethel, Young‐Jun Park, Chunfu Xu, Adam Moyer, Scott E. Boyken, George Ueda, Una Nattermann, Deepesh Nagarajan, (unknown), William Sheffler, Joel Quispe, Ashley L. Nord, Neil P. King, Philip Bradley, David Veesler, Justin M. Kollman, David Baker	30
6	F‐domain valency determines outcome of signaling through the angiopoietin pathway 2021 ·EMBO Reports ·Yan Ting Zhao, Jorge A. Fallas, Shally Saini, George Ueda, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chunfu Xu, Lauren Carter, Samuel Wrenn, Julie Mathieu, Drew L. Sellers, David Baker, Hannele Ruohola‐Baker	12
7	Structural analysis of cross α-helical nanotubes provides insight into the designability of filamentous peptide nanomaterials 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Fengbin Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Leticia C. Beltrán, Chunfu Xu, Zhangli Su, Puneet Juneja, Gevorg Grigoryan, Edward H. Egelman, Vincent P. Conticello	46
8	De novo design of protein homo-oligomers with modular hydrogen-bond network–mediated specificity breakdown → 2016 ·Science ·Scott E. Boyken, Zibo Chen, Benjamin Groves, Robert A. Langan, Gustav Oberdorfer, Alex Ford, Jason M. Gilmore, Chunfu Xu, Frank DiMaio, J.H. Pereira, Banumathi Sankaran, Georg Seelig, Peter H. Zwart, David Baker	232
9	Design of a hyperstable 60-subunit protein icosahedron breakdown → 2016 ·Nature ·Yang Hsia, Jacob B. Bale, Shane Gonen, Dan Shi, William Sheffler, Kimberly K. Fong, Una Nattermann, Chunfu Xu, Po‐Ssu Huang, Rashmi Ravichandran, (unknown), Trisha N. Davis, Tamir Gonen, Neil P. King, David Baker	322
10	Atomic-accuracy models from 4.5-Å cryo-electron microscopy data with density-guided iterative local refinement breakdown → 2015 ·Nature Methods ·Frank DiMaio, Yifan Song, Xueming Li, Matthias Brünner, Chunfu Xu, Vincent P. Conticello, Edward H. Egelman, Thomas C. Marlovits, Yifan Cheng, David Baker	244
11	Structural Plasticity of Helical Nanotubes Based on Coiled-Coil Assemblies 2015 ·Structure ·Edward H. Egelman, Chunfu Xu, Frank DiMaio, (unknown), (unknown), X. Yu, Elizabeth Wright, David Baker, Vincent P. Conticello	104
12	Structurally Homogeneous Nanosheets from Self‐Assembly of a Collagen‐Mimetic Peptide 2014 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Tao Jiang, Chunfu Xu, Xiaobing Zuo, Vincent P. Conticello	10
13	Structurally Defined Nanoscale Sheets from Self-Assembly of Collagen-Mimetic Peptides 2014 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Tao Jiang, Chunfu Xu, Yang Liu, Zheng Liu, Joseph S. Wall, Xiaobing Zuo, Tianquan Lian, Khalid Salaita, Chaoying Ni, Darrin J. Pochan, Vincent P. Conticello	128
14	High thermodynamic stability of parametrically designed helical bundles breakdown → 2014 ·Science ·Po‐Ssu Huang, Gustav Oberdorfer, Chunfu Xu, Xue Pei, Brent L. Nannenga, Joseph M. Rogers, Frank DiMaio, Tamir Gonen, Ben F. Luisi, David Baker	211
15	Structurally Homogeneous Nanosheets from Self‐Assembly of a Collagen‐Mimetic Peptide 2014 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Tao Jiang, Chunfu Xu, Xiaobing Zuo, Vincent P. Conticello	67
16	Rational Design of Helical Nanotubes from Self-Assembly of Coiled-Coil Lock Washers 2013 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Chunfu Xu, Rui Liu, Anil Mehta, Ricardo Guerrero-Ferreira, Elizabeth Wright, Stanisław Dunin-Horkawicz, Kyle L. Morris, Louise C. Serpell, Xiaobing Zuo, Joseph S. Wall, Vincent P. Conticello	101
17	Controlling Self-Assembly of a Peptide-Based Material via Metal-Ion Induced Registry Shift 2013 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·(unknown), Chunfu Xu, (unknown), (unknown), Tao Jiang, Lars Hemmingsen, Borries Demeler, Vincent P. Conticello	52

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