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  1. A high-affinity RBD-targeting nanobody improves fusion partner’s potency against SARS-CoV-2

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, March 2021, PLOS

    Dr Dianfan Li

  2. Experimental phasing for structure determination using membrane-protein crystals grown by the lipid cubic phase method

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, January 2015, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Dianfan Li

  3. Cloning, expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction of a lysine-specific permease fromPseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications, September 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Dianfan Li

  4. The lipid cubic phase orin mesomethod for crystallizing proteins. Bushings for better manual dispensing

    Article • Journal of Applied Crystallography, August 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Martin Caffrey, Dr Dianfan Li

  5. A conformational landscape for alginate secretion across the outer membrane ofPseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, July 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Martin Caffrey, Dr Dianfan Li

  6. Renaturing Membrane Proteins in the Lipid Cubic Phase, a Nanoporous Membrane Mimetic

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dianfan Li

  7. Cell-free expression and in meso crystallisation of an integral membrane kinase for structure determination

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dianfan Li

  8. Structural basis for polyspecificity in the POT family of proton-coupled oligopeptide transporters

    Article • EMBO Reports, June 2014, EMBO

    Dr Dianfan Li

  9. 'Hit and run' serial femtosecond crystallography of a membrane kinase in the lipid cubic phase

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Dianfan Li

  10. Crystallizing Membrane Proteins in the Lipidic Mesophase. Experience with Human Prostaglandin E2 Synthase 1 and an Evolving Strategy

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, March 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dianfan Li

  11. Lipidic cubic phase injector facilitates membrane protein serial femtosecond crystallography

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dianfan Li, Professor Henry N Chapman

  12. Serial Femtosecond Crystallography of G Protein-Coupled Receptors

    Article • Science, December 2013, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Dianfan Li, Professor Henry N Chapman

  13. Detergent-free mass spectrometry of membrane protein complexes

    Article • Nature Methods, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dianfan Li

  14. Host Lipid and Temperature as Important Screening Variables for Crystallizing Integral Membrane Proteins in Lipidic Mesophases. Trials with Diacylglycerol Kinase

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, June 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dianfan Li

  15. Crystal structure of the integral membrane diacylglycerol kinase

    Article • Nature, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dianfan Li, Dr David Aragao

  16. Harvesting and Cryo-cooling Crystals of Membrane Proteins Grown in Lipidic Mesophases for Structure Determination by Macromolecular Crystallography

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, September 2012, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Dianfan Li, Dr David Aragao

  17. Use of a Robot for High-throughput Crystallization of Membrane Proteins in Lipidic Mesophases

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, September 2012, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Dianfan Li

  18. Membrane Protein Structure Determination Using Crystallography and Lipidic Mesophases: Recent Advances and Successes

    Article • Biochemistry, July 2012, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dianfan Li

  19. Lipid cubic phase as a membrane mimetic for integral membrane protein enzymes

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Dianfan Li

  20. A Straightforward and Robust Method for Introducing Human Hair as a Nucleant into High Throughput Crystallization Trials

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, March 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dianfan Li

  21. Crystallizing Membrane Proteins in Lipidic Mesophases. A Host Lipid Screen

    Article • Crystal Growth & Design, January 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Dianfan Li