Yadong Sun

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Yadong Sun is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yadong Sun has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Plant Science and 3 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yadong Sun's work include RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers). Yadong Sun is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (13 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (12 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (11 papers). Yadong Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Yadong Sun's co-authors include Zhifu Han, Jijie Chai, Cyril Zipfel, Alberto P. Macho, Zehan Hu, Lei Li, Jian‐Min Zhou, Liang Tong, Yixiao Zhang and Keith Hamilton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yadong Sun

28 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Structural Basis for flg22-Induced Activation of the Arabidopsis FLS2-BAK1 Immune Complex

2013 562 citations Yadong Sun, Zhifu Han et al. Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yadong Sun

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Coexistence of G‐Quadruplex and i‐Motif Within a DNA Duplex is Tolerated by a PCBP2‐Assisted Replisome 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·(unknown), (unknown), Lijuan Guo, (unknown), (unknown), Jiazheng Zhao, Mingyao Wang, (unknown), Bao‐Hui Cheng, Xi‐Miao Hou, Cong Liu, Yadong Sun, Bo Sun	0
2	KIDINS220 and InsP8 safeguard the stepwise regulation of phosphate exporter XPR1 2025 ·Molecular Cell ·Xiaojie Wang, Zhihui Bai, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mingguang Lei, (unknown), (unknown), Henning J. Jessen, Stephen B. Shears, Yadong Sun, Ben Corry, Yixiao Zhang	0
3	Engineering miniature IscB nickase for robust base editing with broad targeting range 2024 ·Nature Chemical Biology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Feng Gu, Fang Bai, Yadong Sun, Hanhui Ma	16
4	Mechanical activation opens a lipid-lined pore in OSCA ion channels 2024 ·Nature ·(unknown), Zijing Zhou, (unknown), Fei Dai, Yifan Ge, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ling Yuan, Yingying Wang, Wei Yang, Xiaomin Yue, Zhongwen Chen, Yadong Sun, Ben Corry, Charles D. Cox, Yixiao Zhang	43
5	Engineering CjCas9 for Efficient Base Editing and Prime Editing 2024 ·The CRISPR Journal ·Siyuan Liu, Y. B. Zhao, (unknown), Yadong Sun, Hanhui Ma	1
6	Engineering miniature CRISPR-Cas Un1Cas12f1 for efficient base editing 2024 ·Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wei Jiang, Xia Wu, Jing Zheng, (unknown), Yadong Sun, Hanhui Ma	8
7	Metabolic regulation of cytoskeleton functions by HDAC6-catalyzed α-tubulin lactylation 2024 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Zhe Xu, Liying He, (unknown), Yuqing Yan, (unknown), (unknown), Wei Li, (unknown), Yongjun Zheng, Sen Lin, Yadong Sun, Lei Li	35
8	An examination of the metal ion content in the active sites of human endonucleases CPSF73 and INTS11 2023 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·(unknown), Xiangyang Liu, Yadong Sun, Zhuang Li, Min-Han Lin, Keith Hamilton, (unknown), (unknown), Elena Conti, Paul H. Oyala, Liang Tong	7
9	In vitro methylation of the U7 snRNP subunits Lsm11 and SmE by the PRMT5/MEP50/pICln methylosome 2023 ·RNA ·Xiaocui Yang, (unknown), Min-Han Lin, (unknown), Agata Malinowska, Yadong Sun, Wei Shen Aik, Michał Dadlez, Liang Tong, Zbigniew Domiński	2
10	Molecular basis for the recognition of the AUUAAA polyadenylation signal by mPSF 2022 ·RNA ·Pedro Antonio Gutiérrez, Wei Jia, Yadong Sun, Liang Tong	4
11	A real-time fluorescence assay for CPSF73, the nuclease for pre-mRNA 3′-end processing 2021 ·RNA ·Pedro Antonio Gutiérrez, (unknown), Yadong Sun, Liang Tong	7
12	The histone H3K9M mutation synergizes with H3K14 ubiquitylation to selectively sequester histone H3K9 methyltransferase Clr4 at heterochromatin 2021 ·Cell Reports ·Chun‐Min Shan, (unknown), Jiyong Wang, (unknown), Yadong Sun, Huijie Chen, Jia‐Xing Yue, (unknown), Zhiguo Zhang, Chao Lü, Thomas Schalch, Gianni Liti, Péter L. Nagy, Liang Tong, Feng Qiao, Songtao Jia	8
13	Structure of an active human histone pre-mRNA 3′-end processing machinery 2020 ·Science ·Yadong Sun, Yixiao Zhang, Wei Shen Aik, Cheng Yang, William F. Marzluff, Thomas Walz, Zbigniew Domiński, Liang Tong	77
14	Studies with recombinant U7 snRNP demonstrate that CPSF73 is both an endonuclease and a 5′–3′ exonuclease 2020 ·RNA ·Xiaocui Yang, Yadong Sun, Wei Shen Aik, William F. Marzluff, Liang Tong, Zbigniew Domiński	18
15	Changes in the distribution of endogenous hormones in Phyllostachys edulis ‘Pachyloen’ during bamboo shooting 2020 ·PLoS ONE ·(unknown), Yanhua Zhang, Lei Zhang, Yuan Li, Yadong Sun, (unknown)	23
16	Structural Insights into the Human Pre-mRNA 3′-End Processing Machinery 2019 ·Molecular Cell ·Yixiao Zhang, Yadong Sun, Yongsheng Shi, Thomas Walz, Liang Tong	50
17	Biophysical characterizations of the recognition of the AAUAAA polyadenylation signal 2019 ·RNA ·Keith Hamilton, Yadong Sun, Liang Tong	14
18	Structural insight into the activation of plant receptor kinases 2014 ·Current Opinion in Plant Biology ·Zhifu Han, Yadong Sun, Jijie Chai	57
19	Structural basis for recognition of an endogenous peptide by the plant receptor kinase PEPR1 2014 ·Cell Research ·Jiao Tang, Zhifu Han, Yadong Sun, Heqiao Zhang, Xinqi Gong, Jijie Chai	131
20	Crystal structure of a plant leucine rich repeat protein with two island domains 2013 ·Science China Life Sciences ·Wen Song, Zhifu Han, Yadong Sun, Jijie Chai	12

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