Weixin Tang

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Weixin Tang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weixin Tang has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Pharmacology and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Weixin Tang's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers). Weixin Tang is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (10 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers) and Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (6 papers). Weixin Tang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Weixin Tang's co-authors include David R. Liu, Wilfred A. van der Donk, Johnny H. Hu, Zhi Lin, Xue Gao, Ning Sun, Liwei Chen, Maarten H. Geurts, Shannon M. Miller and Holly A. Rees and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Weixin Tang

31 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Evolved Cas9 variants with broad PAM compatibility and high DNA specificity

2018 1.2k citations Johnny H. Hu, Shannon M. Miller et al. Nature profile →
Transcriptome-wide profiling and quantification of N6-methyladenosine by enzyme-assisted adenosine deamination

2023 124 citations Yu‐Lan Xiao, Shun Liu et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Weixin Tang United States	18	2.3k	351	349	293	209	33	2.7k
S.A. McMahon United Kingdom	26	1.9k 0.8×	108 0.3×	435 1.2×	229 0.8×	51 0.2×	52	2.6k
T.M. Schmeing Canada	24	3.0k 1.3×	754 2.1×	534 1.5×	155 0.5×	21 0.1×	57	3.3k
Zhi Lin United States	14	1.6k 0.7×	21 0.1×	269 0.8×	79 0.3×	50 0.2×	27	1.8k
Shaorong Chong United States	22	2.5k 1.1×	24 0.1×	376 1.1×	98 0.3×	28 0.1×	42	2.7k
Marc Ostermeier United States	31	2.7k 1.2×	52 0.1×	701 2.0×	348 1.2×	106 0.5×	95	3.4k
Heath E. Klock United States	20	1.0k 0.5×	56 0.2×	227 0.7×	241 0.8×	110 0.5×	37	1.4k
W. Marshall Stark United Kingdom	25	2.0k 0.9×	262 0.7×	869 2.5×	162 0.6×	45 0.2×	78	2.4k
Eui‐Jeon Woo South Korea	24	1.4k 0.6×	14 0.0×	161 0.5×	123 0.4×	17 0.1×	75	2.0k
J.D. Pédelacq France	19	2.3k 1.0×	202 0.6×	537 1.5×	271 0.9×	74 0.4×	35	3.0k
K. Muniyappa India	34	2.7k 1.2×	28 0.1×	817 2.3×	150 0.5×	38 0.2×	128	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Weixin Tang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weixin Tang

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All Works

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Beckwith, Kai Sandvold, Florian Schueder, Weixin Tang, et al.. (2025). Nanoscale 3D DNA tracing in non-denatured cells resolves the Cohesin-dependent loop architecture of the genome in situ. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6673–6673.

Tang, Weixin, et al.. (2025). Charting the development and engineering of CRISPR base editors: lessons and inspirations. Cell chemical biology. 32(6). 789–808.

Wu, Yuan, Yu‐Lan Xiao, & Weixin Tang. (2025). High-precision cytosine base editors by evolving nucleic-acid-recognition hotspots in deaminase. Nature Biotechnology. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Chengtao, et al.. (2025). Conversion of IscB and Cas9 into RNA-guided RNA editors. Cell. 188(21). 5847–5861.e11. 2 indexed citations

Zou, Zhongyu, Chang Ye, Xiaoyang Dou, et al.. (2024). Profiling of RNA-binding protein binding sites by in situ reverse transcription-based sequencing. Nature Methods. 21(2). 247–258. 16 indexed citations

Tan, Xiaoqing, et al.. (2024). Assessing and engineering the IscB–ωRNA system for programmed genome editing. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(12). 1617–1628. 15 indexed citations

Ge, Ruiqi, et al.. (2024). N⁶‐Methyladenosine in Mammalian Messenger RNA: Function, Location, and Quantitation. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 64(3-4). 1 indexed citations

Tang, Weixin, et al.. (2024). Programmed RNA editing with an evolved bacterial adenosine deaminase. Nature Chemical Biology. 20(10). 1361–1370. 4 indexed citations

Xiao, Yu‐Lan, Yuan Wu, & Weixin Tang. (2024). An adenine base editor variant expands context compatibility. Nature Biotechnology. 42(9). 1442–1453. 17 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yu‐Lan, Shun Liu, Ruiqi Ge, et al.. (2023). Transcriptome-wide profiling and quantification of N6-methyladenosine by enzyme-assisted adenosine deamination. Nature Biotechnology. 41(7). 993–1003. 124 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wu, Tong, Chang Liu, Ruitu Lyu, et al.. (2023). An engineered hypercompact CRISPR-Cas12f system with boosted gene-editing activity. Nature Chemical Biology. 19(11). 1384–1393. 57 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2020). Correction: Structural determinants of macrocyclization in substrate-controlled lanthipeptide biosynthetic pathways. Chemical Science. 11(47). 12871–12876. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Lingyang, et al.. (2020). Structural determinants of macrocyclization in substrate-controlled lanthipeptide biosynthetic pathways. Chemical Science. 11(47). 12854–12870. 26 indexed citations

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Tang, Weixin & David R. Liu. (2018). Rewritable multi-event analog recording in bacterial and mammalian cells. Science. 360(6385). 173 indexed citations

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Hu, Johnny H., Shannon M. Miller, Maarten H. Geurts, et al.. (2018). Evolved Cas9 variants with broad PAM compatibility and high DNA specificity. Nature. 556(7699). 57–63. 1155 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tang, Weixin, Johnny H. Hu, & David R. Liu. (2017). Aptazyme-embedded guide RNAs enable ligand-responsive genome editing and transcriptional activation. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15939–15939. 170 indexed citations

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Tang, Weixin, Gonzalo Jiménez‐Osés, K. N. Houk, & Wilfred A. van der Donk. (2014). Substrate control in stereoselective lanthionine biosynthesis. Nature Chemistry. 7(1). 57–64. 78 indexed citations

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Tang, Weixin & Wilfred A. van der Donk. (2013). The sequence of the enterococcal cytolysin imparts unusual lanthionine stereochemistry. Nature Chemical Biology. 9(3). 157–159. 90 indexed citations

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Li, Na, Weixin Tang, Yu Xiang, et al.. (2009). Fluorescent salicylaldehyde hydrazone as selective chemosensor for Zn²⁺ in aqueous ethanol: a ratiometric approach. Luminescence. 25(6). 445–451. 36 indexed citations

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Tang, Weixin, et al.. (1996). Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay Identifies Vitamin D Binding Protein (Gc-Globulin) in Human, Rat, and Mouse Sera. Analytical Biochemistry. 237(2). 245–251. 7 indexed citations

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