Lijun Zhou

1.3k total citations
24 papers, 872 citations indexed

About

Lijun Zhou is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Lijun Zhou has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 872 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 14 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 13 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Lijun Zhou's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (14 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers). Lijun Zhou is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (21 papers), Origins and Evolution of Life (14 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (13 papers). Lijun Zhou collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Lijun Zhou's co-authors include Jack W. Szostak, Derek K. O’Flaherty, Yigong Shi, Jiawei Wang, Xiang Gao, Feiran Lu, Chuangye Yan, Xiaochun Li, Linfeng Sun and Shangyu Dang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lijun Zhou

24 papers receiving 864 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lijun Zhou United States	15	736	250	189	182	87	24	872
Satoshi Akanuma Japan	16	648 0.9×	82 0.3×	61 0.3×	34 0.2×	22 0.3×	46	808
G.S. Minhas United Kingdom	6	664 0.9×	10 0.0×	45 0.2×	42 0.2×	51 0.6×	6	834
Anders Björkbom Finland	16	468 0.6×	62 0.2×	24 0.1×	25 0.1×	42 0.5×	26	680
Liam M. Longo United States	18	602 0.8×	140 0.6×	60 0.3×	30 0.2×	29 0.3×	38	750
Domen Kampjut Austria	7	386 0.5×	51 0.2×	19 0.1×	25 0.1×	62 0.7×	7	494
R. Gonzalo Parra Argentina	13	568 0.8×	23 0.1×	81 0.4×	11 0.1×	63 0.7×	24	643
Rachel Haimovitz Israel	12	293 0.4×	47 0.2×	27 0.1×	23 0.1×	45 0.5×	16	568
Norihiko Fujii Japan	17	557 0.8×	8 0.0×	38 0.2×	176 1.0×	21 0.2×	34	728
S. E. Ealick United States	12	617 0.8×	8 0.0×	43 0.2×	105 0.6×	17 0.2×	27	808
Heike A. Held United States	9	669 0.9×	11 0.0×	38 0.2×	22 0.1×	70 0.8×	10	847

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lijun Zhou

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ding, Dian, Lijun Zhou, Saurja DasGupta, et al.. (2024). Natural soda lakes provide compatible conditions for RNA and membrane function that could have enabled the origin of life. PNAS Nexus. 3(3). pgae084–pgae084. 4 indexed citations

Jia, Xiwen, et al.. (2024). Diaminopurine in Nonenzymatic RNA Template Copying. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(23). 15897–15907. 3 indexed citations

Jia, Xiwen, Stephanie J. Zhang, Lijun Zhou, & Jack W. Szostak. (2024). Constraints on the emergence of RNA through non-templated primer extension with mixtures of potentially prebiotic nucleotides. Nucleic Acids Research. 52(10). 5451–5464. 2 indexed citations

Ding, Dian, et al.. (2024). Unusual Base Pair between Two 2-Thiouridines and Its Implication for Nonenzymatic RNA Copying. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(6). 3861–3871. 5 indexed citations

Ding, Dian, et al.. (2023). Experimental Tests of the Virtual Circular Genome Model for Nonenzymatic RNA Replication. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(13). 7504–7515. 10 indexed citations

Ding, Dian, et al.. (2021). Kinetic explanations for the sequence biases observed in the nonenzymatic copying of RNA templates. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(1). 35–45. 22 indexed citations

Zhou, Lijun, Derek K. O’Flaherty, & Jack W. Szostak. (2020). Template‐Directed Copying of RNA by Non‐enzymatic Ligation. Angewandte Chemie. 132(36). 15812–15817. 9 indexed citations

Zhou, Lijun, Derek K. O’Flaherty, & Jack W. Szostak. (2020). Template‐Directed Copying of RNA by Non‐enzymatic Ligation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(36). 15682–15687. 51 indexed citations

Zhou, Lijun, Dian Ding, & Jack W. Szostak. (2020). The virtual circular genome model for primordial RNA replication. RNA. 27(1). 1–11. 37 indexed citations

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Zhou, Lijun, Derek K. O’Flaherty, & Jack W. Szostak. (2020). Assembly of a Ribozyme Ligase from Short Oligomers by Nonenzymatic Ligation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(37). 15961–15965. 34 indexed citations

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Zhou, Lijun, et al.. (2020). A Model for the Emergence of RNA from a Prebiotically Plausible Mixture of Ribonucleotides, Arabinonucleotides, and 2′-Deoxynucleotides. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(5). 2317–2326. 41 indexed citations

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O’Flaherty, Derek K., Lijun Zhou, & Jack W. Szostak. (2020). Nonenzymatic RNA-templated Synthesis of N3′→P5′ Phosphoramidate DNA. BIO-PROTOCOL. 10(17). e3734–e3734. 1 indexed citations

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Wright, Tom H., et al.. (2019). Prebiotically Plausible “Patching” of RNA Backbone Cleavage through a 3′–5′ Pyrophosphate Linkage. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(45). 18104–18112. 17 indexed citations

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Lelyveld, Victor S., Derek K. O’Flaherty, Lijun Zhou, Enver Çagrı Izgü, & Jack W. Szostak. (2019). DNA polymerase activity on synthetic N3′→P5′ phosphoramidate DNA templates. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(17). 8941–8949. 11 indexed citations

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Zhou, Lijun, et al.. (2019). Non-enzymatic primer extension with strand displacement. eLife. 8. 39 indexed citations

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O’Flaherty, Derek K., et al.. (2018). Inosine, but none of the 8-oxo-purines, is a plausible component of a primordial version of RNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(52). 13318–13323. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wen, Chun Pong Tam, Lijun Zhou, et al.. (2018). Structural Rationale for the Enhanced Catalysis of Nonenzymatic RNA Primer Extension by a Downstream Oligonucleotide. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(8). 2829–2840. 22 indexed citations

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Zhou, Lijun, Jing Hang, Yulin Zhou, et al.. (2013). Crystal structures of the Lsm complex bound to the 3′ end sequence of U6 small nuclear RNA. Nature. 506(7486). 116–120. 73 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiang, Lijun Zhou, Xuyao Jiao, et al.. (2010). Mechanism of substrate recognition and transport by an amino acid antiporter. Nature. 463(7282). 828–832. 169 indexed citations

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Gao, Xiang, Feiran Lu, Lijun Zhou, et al.. (2009). Structure and Mechanism of an Amino Acid Antiporter. Science. 324(5934). 1565–1568. 193 indexed citations

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