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  1. Function of MsiR on canavanine-mediated repression in Mesorhizobium tianshanense

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  2. The Quorum Sensing Regulator CinR Hierarchically Regulates Two Other Quorum Sensing Pathways in Ligand-Dependent and -Independent Fashions in Rhizobium etli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  3. Vibrio cholerae Represses Polysaccharide Synthesis To Promote Motility in Mucosa

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  4. Flagellar-Dependent Motility in Mesorhizobium tianshanense is Involved in the Early Stage of Plant Host Interaction: Study of an flgE Mutant

    Article • Current Microbiology, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  5. Graphene-Based Nanocomposite As an Effective, Multifunctional, and Recyclable Antibacterial Agent

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, June 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  6. Uniform Small Graphene Oxide as an Efficient Cellular Nanocarrier for Immunostimulatory CpG Oligonucleotides

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, May 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  7. Synchrotron-based X-ray microscopic studies for bioeffects of nanomaterials

    Article • Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  8. Autophagy as new emerging cellular effect of nanomaterials

    Article • Chinese Science Bulletin, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  9. Applying Reversible Mutations of Nodulation and Nitrogen-Fixation Genes to Study Social Cheating in Rhizobium etli-Legume Interaction

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2013, PLOS

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  10. Conjugation of Dexamethasone to C60 for the Design of an Anti-Inflammatory Nanomedicine with Reduced Cellular Apoptosis

    Article • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, June 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  11. Quorum Sensing Regulatory Cascades Control Vibrio fluvialis Pathogenesis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  12. Detection of the dynamic response of cucumber leaves to fusaric acid using thermal imaging

    Article • Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  13. Role of a TehA homolog in Vibrio cholerae C6706 antibiotic resistance and intestinal colonization

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, February 2013, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  14. LysR family activator-regulated major facilitator superfamily transporters are involved in Vibrio cholerae antimicrobial compound resistance and intestinal colonisation

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, February 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  15. Bile salt–induced intermolecular disulfide bond formation activates Vibrio cholerae virulence

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  16. Mitochondrial Protective Effects of Myrica rubra Extract Against Acetaminophen-Induced Toxicity

    Article • The American Journal of Chinese Medicine, January 2013, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  17. Catalases Promote Resistance of Oxidative Stress in Vibrio cholerae

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2012, PLOS

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  18. The NorR Regulon Is Critical for Vibrio cholerae Resistance to Nitric Oxide and Sustained Colonization of the Intestines

    Article • mBio, April 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  19. DIFFERENT MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES—ENZYME SYSTEM AND ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  20. Vibrio cholerae anaerobic induction of virulence gene expression is controlled by thiol-based switches of virulence regulator AphB

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  21. The prevalence of functional quorum-sensing systems in recently emerged Vibrio cholerae toxigenic strains

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, September 2010, Wiley

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  22. A graphene-enhanced molecular beacon for homogeneous DNA detection

    Article • Nanoscale, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  23. Host legume-exuded antimetabolites optimize the symbiotic rhizosphere

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2009, Wiley

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  24. Functional analysis of three AHL autoinducer synthase genes in Mesorhizobium loti reveals the important role of quorum sensing in symbiotic nodulation

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, February 2009, Canadian Science Publishing

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  25. Complex quorum-sensing regulatory systems regulate bacterial growth and symbiotic nodulation in Mesorhizobium tianshanense

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  26. F1C Fimbriae Play an Important Role in Biofilm Formation and Intestinal Colonization by the Escherichia coli Commensal Strain Nissle 1917

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  27. The LuxR Family Quorum-Sensing Activator MrtR Requires Its Cognate Autoinducer for Dimerization and Activation but Not for Protein Folding

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  28. Red bayberry extract inhibits growth and virulence gene expression of the human pathogen Vibrio cholerae

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, January 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  29. Exopolysaccharide biosynthesis is important for Mesorhizobium tianshanense: plant host interaction

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  30. Conditional production of acyl-homoserine lactone-type quorum-sensing signals in clinical isolates of enterobacteria

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, December 2006, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Zengtao Zhong

  31. The quorum-sensing system in a plant bacterium Mesorhizobium huakuii affects growth rate and symbiotic nodulation

    Article • Plant and Soil, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  32. A LuxR/LuxI-Type Quorum-Sensing System in a Plant Bacterium, Mesorhizobium tianshanense, Controls Symbiotic Nodulation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  33. Heterologous overexpression of quorum-sensing regulators to study cell-density-dependent phenotypes in a symbiotic plant bacterium Mesorhizobium huakuii

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, October 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong

  34. Agrobacterium Bioassay Strain for Ultrasensitive Detection of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone-Type Quorum-Sensing Molecules: Detection of Autoinducers in Mesorhizobium huakuii

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Jay Zhu, Dr Zengtao Zhong