Guijin Zhai

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 696 citations indexed

About

Guijin Zhai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Spectroscopy and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Guijin Zhai has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 696 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Spectroscopy and 7 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Guijin Zhai's work include Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers). Guijin Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications (8 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (7 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (7 papers). Guijin Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Guijin Zhai's co-authors include Kai Zhang, Shanshan Tian, Xue Bai, Enguo Fan, Congcong Lu, Jianji Zhang, Yong Zang, Aiyuan Wang, Deqing Hu and Xue Bai and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Guijin Zhai

33 papers receiving 693 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.

HBO1 catalyzes lysine lactylation and mediates histone H3K9la to regulate gene transcription

2024 99 citations Siyu Wang, Congcong Lu et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guijin Zhai China	13	517	147	89	64	56	33	696
Maurice Wong United States	18	480 0.9×	50 0.3×	83 0.9×	94 1.5×	36 0.6×	36	658
Tae‐Heon Kim South Korea	18	397 0.8×	240 1.6×	140 1.6×	26 0.4×	109 1.9×	51	853
Djuro Josić United States	18	657 1.3×	128 0.9×	77 0.9×	277 4.3×	42 0.8×	31	947
Dalia Elinger Israel	13	613 1.2×	173 1.2×	43 0.5×	63 1.0×	94 1.7×	15	787
An He China	15	281 0.5×	30 0.2×	62 0.7×	104 1.6×	53 0.9×	44	501
María T. Villar United States	18	527 1.0×	45 0.3×	40 0.4×	79 1.2×	33 0.6×	34	837
Wenya Liu China	14	200 0.4×	76 0.5×	98 1.1×	61 1.0×	23 0.4×	70	801
Simone Marcone Ireland	16	443 0.9×	117 0.8×	25 0.3×	30 0.5×	98 1.8×	26	728
Yonghui Wang China	13	320 0.6×	62 0.4×	25 0.3×	74 1.2×	44 0.8×	22	425
Yongsheng Liu China	10	440 0.9×	77 0.5×	79 0.9×	145 2.3×	154 2.8×	32	833

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guijin Zhai

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Wang, Siyu, Ruilong Liu, Aiyuan Wang, et al.. (2025). ACSS2 coupled with KAT7 regulates histone β-hydroxybutyrylation to enhance transcription. Science Advances. 11(33). eadv8448–eadv8448. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Siyu, Congcong Lu, Aiyuan Wang, et al.. (2024). HBO1 catalyzes lysine lactylation and mediates histone H3K9la to regulate gene transcription. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3561–3561. 99 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhai, Guijin, Zixin Jiang, Fei Zhao, et al.. (2024). DPF2 reads histone lactylation to drive transcription and tumorigenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(50). e2421496121–e2421496121. 32 indexed citations

Wang, Yu, Jianji Zhang, Zixin Jiang, et al.. (2024). Hypoxia promotes histone H3K9 lactylation to enhance LAMC2 transcription in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. iScience. 27(7). 110188–110188. 27 indexed citations

Zhang, Jianji, Hui Zhang, Yue Han, et al.. (2022). YiaC and CobB regulate lysine lactylation in Escherichia coli. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6628–6628. 79 indexed citations

Zhai, Guijin, Yanan Li, Yue Han, et al.. (2022). Deciphering the Interactome of Histone Marks in Living Cells via Genetic Code Expansion Combined with Proximity Labeling. Analytical Chemistry. 94(30). 10705–10714. 7 indexed citations

Bai, Xue, Yun Fu, Hui Zhang, et al.. (2021). DNA-guided photoactivatable probe-based chemical proteomics reveals the reader protein of mRNA methylation. iScience. 24(9). 103046–103046. 6 indexed citations

Chen, Pu, Yue Zhuo, Shanshan Tian, et al.. (2020). An Integrated Approach for Combinatorial Readout of Dual Histone Modifications by Epigenetic Tandem Domains. Analytical Chemistry. 92(9). 6218–6223. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Pu, Cong Chen, Shanshan Tian, et al.. (2019). Identification of dual histone modification-binding protein interaction by combining mass spectrometry and isothermal titration calorimetric analysis. Journal of Advanced Research. 22. 35–46. 7 indexed citations

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Zhai, Guijin, Feng Wei, Jin Jin, et al.. (2018). An Efficient Approach for Selective Enrichment of Histone Modification Readers Using Self-Assembled Multivalent Photoaffinity Peptide Probes. Analytical Chemistry. 90(19). 11385–11392. 14 indexed citations

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Bai, Xue, et al.. (2018). An Integrated Approach Based on a DNA Self-Assembly Technique for Characterization of Crosstalk among Combinatorial Histone Modifications. Analytical Chemistry. 90(6). 3692–3696. 12 indexed citations

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Wei, Feng, Tao Zhang, Guijin Zhai, et al.. (2018). Systematic Identification of Lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylated Proteins in Proteus mirabilis. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 17(3). 482–494. 44 indexed citations

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Zhai, Guijin, Liping Yang, Qun Luo, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of serum phosphopeptides as potential biomarkers of gastric cancer. RSC Advances. 7(35). 21630–21637. 9 indexed citations

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Zhai, Guijin, et al.. (2016). Analysis of lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation proteins in Proteus mirabilis. Chinese Journal of Chromatography. 34(12). 1215–1215. 1 indexed citations

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Zhai, Guijin, Kui Wu, & Fuyi Wang. (2016). Separation, enrichment, mass spectrometric quantification and evaluation of serum phosphopeptides as potential tumor biomarkers. Chinese Journal of Chromatography. 34(12). 1192–1192. 1 indexed citations

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Qu, Na, Feng Li, Bo Shao, et al.. (2016). The Unexpected and Exceptionally Facile Chemical Modification of the Phenolic Hydroxyl Group of Tyrosine by Polyhalogenated Quinones under Physiological Conditions. Chemical Research in Toxicology. 29(10). 1699–1705. 6 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shuzhen, Ming Sun, Kai Zhang, et al.. (2016). Profiling post-translational modifications of histones in neural differentiation of embryonic stem cells using liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography B. 1017-1018. 36–44. 6 indexed citations

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Zheng, Shuzhen, et al.. (2016). Identification of hydroxylation at aromatic amino acid residues in yeast kinase using mass spectrometry with affinity enrichment. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 30(S1). 185–189. 2 indexed citations

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Zhai, Guijin, Xiaoyan Wu, Qun Luo, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of serum phosphopeptides as potential cancer biomarkers by mass spectrometric absolute quantification. Talanta. 125. 411–417. 21 indexed citations

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Livshits, Gregory, Guijin Zhai, Deborah Hart, et al.. (2006). Genomewide linkage scan of hand osteoarthritis in female twin pairs showing replication of QTLs on chromosome 2 and 19.. Research Portal (King's College London). 54(9). 5 indexed citations

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