Ziguo Zhang

8.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Ziguo Zhang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Ziguo Zhang has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Molecular Biology, 34 papers in Cell Biology and 26 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Ziguo Zhang's work include Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (29 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (17 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (13 papers). Ziguo Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (29 papers), Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways (17 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (13 papers). Ziguo Zhang collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and United States. Ziguo Zhang's co-authors include Hans Thordal‐Christensen, David B. Collinge, Yangdou Wei, David Barford, Jing Yang, Leifu Chang, Kiran Kulkarni, Sarah J. Gurr, Eric H. Kong and Stephen H. McLaughlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ziguo Zhang

64 papers receiving 6.1k 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.

Subcellular localization of H₂O₂ in plants. H₂O₂ accumulation in papillae and hypersensitive response during the barley—powdery mildew interaction

1997 2.4k citations Ziguo Zhang et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ziguo Zhang United Kingdom	34	3.8k	3.3k	1.9k	322	271	65	6.2k
Mark J. Banfield United Kingdom	46	4.1k 1.1×	2.6k 0.8×	734 0.4×	213 0.7×	250 0.9×	112	6.2k
Miguel Á. Peñalva Spain	55	2.2k 0.6×	5.8k 1.8×	2.8k 1.5×	164 0.5×	648 2.4×	127	7.7k
Stephen A. Osmani United States	40	1.4k 0.4×	5.7k 1.7×	3.2k 1.7×	317 1.0×	237 0.9×	100	6.4k
Robert Dudler Switzerland	41	3.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	370 0.2×	409 1.3×	225 0.8×	81	5.1k
Enrico Schleiff Germany	57	3.0k 0.8×	7.5k 2.2×	364 0.2×	182 0.6×	455 1.7×	203	8.7k
Claudio Scazzocchio France	46	2.5k 0.7×	6.1k 1.8×	954 0.5×	135 0.4×	818 3.0×	182	7.4k
Scott C. Peck United States	40	5.9k 1.6×	3.8k 1.1×	513 0.3×	109 0.3×	100 0.4×	76	7.6k
Jean T. Greenberg United States	45	6.9k 1.8×	3.7k 1.1×	594 0.3×	71 0.2×	496 1.8×	76	8.9k
E. Schönbrunn United States	42	1.0k 0.3×	3.8k 1.1×	802 0.4×	736 2.3×	294 1.1×	96	5.4k
Kiminori Toyooka Japan	44	4.5k 1.2×	4.1k 1.2×	727 0.4×	81 0.3×	149 0.5×	139	7.0k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ziguo Zhang

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zhang, Ziguo, et al.. (2025). Semi-continuous dry anaerobic digestion of rice straw pretreated with swine manure digested effluent in one vertical cascade digester with different solid contents. Fuel. 391. 134778–134778.

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Yu, C., Joe G. Greener, Jing Yang, et al.. (2025). Molecular mechanism of Mad2 conformational conversion promoted by the Mad2 ‐interaction motif of Cdc20. Protein Science. 34(4). e70099–e70099. 1 indexed citations

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Vázquez-Fernández, Ester, Jing Yang, Ziguo Zhang, et al.. (2024). A comparative study of the cryo-EM structures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

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Yatskevich, Stanislau, Jing Yang, Dom Bellini, Ziguo Zhang, & David Barford. (2024). Structure of the human outer kinetochore KMN network complex. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 31(6). 874–883. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Jing, Ziguo Zhang, Leifu Chang, et al.. (2024). Cryo-EM structures of apo-APC/C and APC/CCDH1:EMI1 complexes provide insights into APC/C regulation. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10074–10074. 2 indexed citations

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Vázquez-Fernández, Ester, Jing Yang, Ziguo Zhang, et al.. (2024). A comparative study of the cryo-EM structures of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C). eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations

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Muir, Kyle, Christopher Batters, Tom Dendooven, et al.. (2023). Structural mechanism of outer kinetochore Dam1-Ndc80 complex assembly on microtubules. Science. 382(6675). 1184–1190. 13 indexed citations

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Dendooven, Tom, Ziguo Zhang, Jing Yang, et al.. (2023). Cryo-EM structure of the complete inner kinetochore of the budding yeast point centromere. Science Advances. 9(30). eadg7480–eadg7480. 24 indexed citations

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Yatskevich, Stanislau, Kyle Muir, Dom Bellini, et al.. (2022). Structure of the human inner kinetochore bound to a centromeric CENP-A nucleosome. Science. 376(6595). 844–852. 72 indexed citations

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Gabel, C., Zhuang Li, Ziguo Zhang, et al.. (2022). Molecular architecture of the augmin complex. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5449–5449. 15 indexed citations

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Naydenova, Katerina, Kyle Muir, Long-Fei Wu, et al.. (2021). Structure of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA-dependent RNA polymerase in the presence of favipiravir-RTP. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(7). 142 indexed citations

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Yatskevich, Stanislau, Claudio Alfieri, Thomas Tischer, et al.. (2021). Molecular mechanisms of APC/C release from spindle assembly checkpoint inhibition by APC/C SUMOylation. Cell Reports. 34(13). 108929–108929. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ziguo, Dom Bellini, & David Barford. (2020). Crystal structure of the Cenp-HIKHead-TW sub-module of the inner kinetochore CCAN complex. Nucleic Acids Research. 48(19). 11172–11184. 13 indexed citations

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Chang, Leifu, Jing Yang, Andreas Boland, et al.. (2020). Structure of the DOCK2−ELMO1 complex provides insights into regulation of the auto-inhibited state. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3464–3464. 42 indexed citations

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Wang, Yibin, Ní Hóng, Ziguo Zhang, et al.. (2019). First Report of Apple Rubbery Wood Virus 2 Infecting Pear (Pyrus spp.) in China. Plant Disease. 103(12). 3293–3293. 9 indexed citations

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Yan, Kaige, Ziguo Zhang, Jing Yang, Stephen H. McLaughlin, & David Barford. (2018). Architecture of the CBF3–centromere complex of the budding yeast kinetochore. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 25(12). 1103–1110. 18 indexed citations

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Alfieri, Claudio, Leifu Chang, Ziguo Zhang, et al.. (2016). Molecular basis of APC/C regulation by the spindle assembly checkpoint. Nature. 536(7617). 431–436. 168 indexed citations

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Chao, William Chong Hang, Kiran Kulkarni, Ziguo Zhang, Eric H. Kong, & David Barford. (2012). Structure of the mitotic checkpoint complex. Nature. 484(7393). 208–213. 242 indexed citations

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Yang, Jing, Ziguo Zhang, S. Mark Roe, Christopher J. Marshall, & David Barford. (2009). Activation of Rho GTPases by DOCK Exchange Factors Is Mediated by a Nucleotide Sensor. Science. 325(5946). 1398–1402. 99 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ziguo, et al.. (2001). The barley powdery mildew protein kinase C gene, pkc 1 and pkc ‐like gene, are differentially expressed during morphogenesis. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2(6). 327–337. 11 indexed citations

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