Zhenglong Gu

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
101 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Zhenglong Gu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhenglong Gu has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Genetics and 10 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Zhenglong Gu's work include Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (17 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (17 papers). Zhenglong Gu is often cited by papers focused on Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (26 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (17 papers) and Fungal and yeast genetics research (17 papers). Zhenglong Gu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Zhenglong Gu's co-authors include Wen‐Hsiung Li, Lars M. Steinmetz, Ronald W. Davis, Xun Gu, Kaixiong Ye, Curt Scharfe, Anton Nekrutenko, André R.O. Cavalcanti, Feng‐Chi Chen and Dan L. Nicolae and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Zhenglong Gu

98 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Role of duplicate genes in genetic robustness against null mutations

2003 676 citations Zhenglong Gu, Lars M. Steinmetz et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhenglong Gu

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Mitochondrial heterogeneity: within and between cells 2025 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Jiangbin Ye, Zhenglong Gu	0
2	Dietary intake in East Asian and Northern European participants from the FeGenes study 2025 ·European Journal of Nutrition ·Clara Yongjoo Park, (unknown), Yaqin Xu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zhenglong Gu, Eva K. Pressman, Kimberly O’Brien	0
3	Next-Generation Barcoding for Single-Cell Omics 2025 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Ting Li, Zhenglong Gu, (unknown)	1
4	Contact strip of pantograph heuristic wear model and its application 2024 ·Tribology International ·Ning Zhou, (unknown), Yao Cheng, Yi Sun, (unknown), Zhenglong Gu, Zeyu Li, Weihua Zhang	5
5	Mitochondrial DNA Genomes Reveal Relaxed Purifying Selection During Human Population Expansion after the Last Glacial Maximum 2024 ·Molecular Biology and Evolution ·(unknown), Shi Yan, Menghan Zhang, Zhenglong Gu, Jiucun Wang, Jin Li	1
6	Harnessing HetHydrogel: A Universal Platform to Dropletize Single‐Cell Multiomics 2024 ·Small Methods ·(unknown), Ting Li, Jingjing Du, Mengying Wu, (unknown), Weilin Pu, Jingwei Zhang, Zhenglong Gu	5
7	Permeability-Engineered Compartmentalization System Promises Next-Generation Single-Cell Analysis 2024 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Ting Li, Zhenglong Gu, (unknown)	1
8	Huntington’s disease affects mitochondrial network dynamics predisposing to pathogenic mitochondrial DNA mutations 2024 ·Brain ·Andreas Neueder, Kerstin Kojer, Zhenglong Gu, Yiqin Wang, (unknown), Sarah J. Tabrizi, Jan‐Willem Taanman, Michael Orth	17
9	Higher mitochondrial DNA copy number is associated with metformin-induced weight loss 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jing Wang, Hua Liang, Rong Huang, (unknown), Zheng Li, You Wang, Xueying Zheng, Zhenglong Gu, Fei Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Ewan R. Pearson, Jianping Weng, Wenying Yang, Tao Xu, Kaixin Zhou	2
10	AuNP‐Modulated qPCR: An Optimized System for Detecting MIR Biophotons Released in DNA Replication 2023 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Yu Yang, Daoling Peng, Zhenglong Gu, (unknown), Bo Song	4
11	Aging-associated accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations in tumor origin 2022 ·PubMed ·(unknown), Lishu Guo, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Zhiyao Zhao, Zhenglong Gu	24
12	AuNP‐Modulated qPCR: An Optimized System for Detecting MIR Biophotons Released in DNA Replication** 2022 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Yang Yu, Daoling Peng, Zhenglong Gu, Lei Jiang, Bo Song	2
13	Association of mitochondrial DNA content, heteroplasmies and inter-generational transmission with autism 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Yiqin Wang, Xiaoxian Guo, Xiumei Hong, Guoying Wang, Colleen Pearson, Barry Zuckerman, Andrew G. Clark, Kimberly O’Brien, Xiaobin Wang, Zhenglong Gu	28
14	Reducing embryonic mtDNA copy number alters epigenetic profile of key hepatic lipolytic genes and causes abnormal lipid accumulation in adult mice 2021 ·FEBS Journal ·Yakun Wang, Xuan Wang, Qiaoming Long, Yuanwu Liu, Tao Yin, Inna Sirota, Fazheng Ren, Zhenglong Gu, Junjie Luo	4
15	Ethnic Differences in Iron Status 2021 ·Advances in Nutrition ·(unknown), (unknown), Andrew G. Clark, Yiqin Wang, Lin Xu, Zhenglong Gu, Kimberly O’Brien	43
16	ERAD deficiency promotes mitochondrial dysfunction and transcriptional rewiring in human hepatic cells 2020 ·Journal of Biological Chemistry ·Qingqing Liu, Xiaoqin Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Zhenglong Gu, Yves R. Boisclair, Qiaoming Long	14
17	STAMP: a multiplex sequencing method for simultaneous evaluation of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmies and content 2020 ·NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics ·Xiaoxian Guo, Yiqin Wang, Ruoyu Zhang, Zhenglong Gu	8
18	Evidence of Neutral Evolution of Mitochondrial DNA in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma 2019 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Qi Liu, (unknown), Mingkun Li, Zhenglong Gu, Yiqiang Zhao	3
19	Extensive pathogenicity of mitochondrial heteroplasmy in healthy human individuals 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kaixiong Ye, Jian Lü, Fei Ma, Alon Keinan, Zhenglong Gu	192
20	Elevated evolutionary rates in the laboratory strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2005 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Zhenglong Gu, Lior David, Dmitri A. Petrov, Ted Jones, Ronald W. Davis, Lars M. Steinmetz	70

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