Lei Kai

1.6k total citations
51 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lei Kai is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Kai has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 5 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Lei Kai's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (9 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers). Lei Kai is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers), Ion Transport and Channel Regulation (9 papers) and Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior (6 papers). Lei Kai collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Poland. Lei Kai's co-authors include Ralf Kaldenhoff, Frank Bernhard, Norbert Uehlein, Volker Dötsch, Yiyong Zhu, Petra Schwille, Imran Rashid Rajput, Shiwei Guo, Lei Ding and Michaël Heymann and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Lei Kai

50 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Kai China	21	733	332	159	141	74	51	1.2k
Zhihong Sun China	21	465 0.6×	189 0.6×	413 2.6×	199 1.4×	105 1.4×	65	1.5k
Kurt Vogel United States	20	836 1.1×	633 1.9×	135 0.8×	182 1.3×	51 0.7×	53	1.6k
Harriëtte Oldenhof Germany	24	501 0.7×	328 1.0×	132 0.8×	30 0.2×	181 2.4×	67	1.7k
Ran Zhang China	19	558 0.8×	170 0.5×	78 0.5×	93 0.7×	37 0.5×	68	1.3k
Carole Pichereaux France	22	590 0.8×	394 1.2×	53 0.3×	33 0.2×	38 0.5×	44	1.1k
Toshio Nagashima Japan	20	436 0.6×	153 0.5×	100 0.6×	106 0.8×	230 3.1×	84	1.4k
K. Suzuki Japan	17	796 1.1×	285 0.9×	88 0.6×	43 0.3×	36 0.5×	77	1.2k
Zhanlong Mei China	9	976 1.3×	195 0.6×	377 2.4×	39 0.3×	52 0.7×	16	1.5k
David W. Murhammer United States	21	1.1k 1.5×	173 0.5×	323 2.0×	35 0.2×	26 0.4×	53	1.7k

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Xie, Yuwei, et al.. (2025). De novo mechanochemical MOF crystallization within polymers to design compatible mixed-matrix membranes for superior methane separation. Journal of Membrane Science. 735. 124583–124583.

Kai, Lei, et al.. (2025). Mechanochemical processing of interface-integrated mixed-matrix membranes for efficient gas separation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(29). 23795–23804. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Honghao, Kaihang Yue, Lei Kai, Bao Yu Xia, & Ya Yan. (2024). Intermetallic Copper–Antimony Alloy for Enhanced Electrocatalytic CO₂ Reduction to CO. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(29). 12067–12074. 5 indexed citations

Li, Yingqiu, et al.. (2024). Cell-free Protein Synthesis System for Building Synthetic Cells. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanan, Jinxia Wang, Yuling Wang, & Lei Kai. (2024). Nrf2/HO-1 signaling activation alleviates cigarette smoke-induced inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by suppressing NLRP3-mediated pyroptosis. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. 19(1). 58–58. 11 indexed citations

Yue, Ke, Junyu Chen, Yingqiu Li, & Lei Kai. (2023). Advancing synthetic biology through cell-free protein synthesis. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 21. 2899–2908. 20 indexed citations

Ma, Shaojie, Yongxiang Zhao, Hu Zhou, et al.. (2022). Molecular Mechanisms of Mercury-Sensitive Aquaporins. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(48). 22229–22241. 10 indexed citations

Gao, Rui, et al.. (2022). Microbial degradation and valorization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) monomers. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 38(5). 89–89. 31 indexed citations

Xu, Feiyun, Ke Wang, Yuan Wei, et al.. (2018). Overexpression of rice aquaporin OsPIP1;2 improves yield by enhancing mesophyll CO2 conductance and phloem sucrose transport. Journal of Experimental Botany. 70(2). 671–681. 75 indexed citations

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Jia, Haiyang, Michaël Heymann, Frank Bernhard, Petra Schwille, & Lei Kai. (2017). Cell-free protein synthesis in micro compartments: building a minimal cell from biobricks. New Biotechnology. 39(Pt B). 199–205. 50 indexed citations

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Kai, Lei, Erika Orbán, Erik Henrich, et al.. (2014). Co-translational Stabilization of Insoluble Proteins in Cell-Free Expression Systems. Methods in molecular biology. 1258. 125–143. 12 indexed citations

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Kai, Lei & Ralf Kaldenhoff. (2014). A refined model of water and CO2 membrane diffusion: Effects and contribution of sterols and proteins. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6665–6665. 33 indexed citations

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Roos, Christian, Lei Kai, Davide Proverbio, et al.. (2013). High-Level Cell-Free Production of Membrane Proteins with Nanodiscs. Methods in molecular biology. 1118. 109–130. 21 indexed citations

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Kai, Lei, Volker Dötsch, Ralf Kaldenhoff, & Frank Bernhard. (2013). Artificial Environments for the Co-Translational Stabilization of Cell-Free Expressed Proteins. PLoS ONE. 8(2). e56637–e56637. 31 indexed citations

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Kaldenhoff, Ralf, Lei Kai, & Norbert Uehlein. (2013). Aquaporins and membrane diffusion of CO2 in living organisms. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1840(5). 1592–1595. 85 indexed citations

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Roos, Christian, Lei Kai, Davide Proverbio, et al.. (2012). Co-translational association of cell-free expressed membrane proteins with supplied lipid bilayers. Molecular Membrane Biology. 30(1). 75–89. 47 indexed citations

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Kai, Lei, Christian Roos, Davide Proverbio, et al.. (2011). Systems for the Cell-Free Synthesis of Proteins. Methods in molecular biology. 800. 201–225. 36 indexed citations

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Sobhanifar, Solmaz, Sina Reckel, Friederike Junge, et al.. (2009). Cell-free expression and stable isotope labelling strategies for membrane proteins. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 46(1). 33–43. 67 indexed citations

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Lian, Jiazhang, Xiangming Fang, Jin Cai, et al.. (2008). Efficient Expression of Membrane-Bound Water Channel Protein (Aquaporin Z) in Escherichia coli. Protein and Peptide Letters. 15(7). 687–691. 15 indexed citations

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Ma, Xiaohang, et al.. (2006). Expression and characterization of a thermostable sarcosine oxidase (SOX) from Bacillus sp. in Escherichia coli. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 73(3). 559–566. 7 indexed citations

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