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  1. A conditional nature for the synthetical lethality between defects in lipid and peptidoglycan biosynthesis

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  2. Determining glycosyltransferase functional order via lethality due to accumulated O-antigen intermediates, exemplified withShigella flexneriO-antigen biosynthesis

    Article • December 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  3. O antigen biogenesis sensitises Escherichia coli K-12 to bile salts, providing a plausible explanation for its evolutionary loss

    Article • PLoS Genetics, October 2023, PLOS

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  4. Extensive Diversity in Escherichia coli Group 3 Capsules Is Driven by Recombination and Plasmid Transfer from Multiple Species

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, August 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  5. O antigen biogenesis sensitisesEscherichia coliK-12 to bile salts, a likely cause for how it lost its O antigen

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  6. Bacterial suppressor-of-copper-sensitivity (Scs) proteins exhibit diverse thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase cellular functions

    Article • February 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  7. Repeat-Unit Elongations To Produce Bacterial Complex Long Polysaccharide Chains, an O-Antigen Perspective

    Article • EcoSal Plus, January 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  8. Cysteine-Dependent Conformational Heterogeneity of Shigella flexneri Autotransporter IcsA and Implications of Its Function

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  9. A method for increasing electroporation competence of Gram-negative clinical isolates by polymyxin B nonapeptide

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  10. Loss of β-Ketoacyl Acyl Carrier Protein Synthase III Activity Restores Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Sensitivity to Previously Ineffective Antibiotics

    Article • mSphere, June 2022, ASM Journals

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  11. The suppressor of copper sensitivity protein C from Caulobacter crescentus is a trimeric disulfide isomerase that binds copper(I) with subpicomolar affinity

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Structural Biology, February 2022, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  12. Salmonella enterica BcfH Is a Trimeric Thioredoxin-Like Bifunctional Enzyme with Both Thiol Oxidase and Disulfide Isomerase Activities

    Article • Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, July 2021, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  13. Antivirulence DsbA inhibitors attenuate Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium fitness without detectable resistance

    Article • FASEB BioAdvances, February 2021, Wiley

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  14. A high-throughput cell-based assay pipeline for the preclinical development of bacterial DsbA inhibitors as antivirulence therapeutics

    Article • Scientific Reports, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  15. Two extremely divergent sequence forms of the genes that define Escherichia coli group 3 capsules suggest a very long history since their common ancestor

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  16. Development and retention of a primordial moonlighting pathway of protein modification in the absence of selection presents a puzzle

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2018, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Yaoqin Hong

  17. Phenolic composition, antioxidant and pancreatic lipase inhibitory activities of Chinese sumac (Rhus chinensis Mill.) fruits extracted by different solvents and interaction between myricetin-3-O -rhamnoside and quercetin-3-O -rhamnoside

    Article • International Journal of Food Science & Technology, November 2017, Wiley

    Dr Yaoqin Hong, Shengbao Cai

  18. Progress in Our Understanding of Wzx Flippase for Translocation of Bacterial Membrane Lipid-Linked Oligosaccharide

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Yaoqin Hong, Professor Peter Richard Reeves

  19. Model for the Controlled Synthesis of O-Antigen Repeat Units Involving the WaaL Ligase

    Article • mSphere, December 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Yaoqin Hong, Professor Peter Richard Reeves, Yaoqin Hong

  20. Three Wzy polymerases are specific for particular forms of an internal linkage in otherwise identical O units

    Article • Microbiology, August 2015, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Yaoqin Hong, Professor Peter Richard Reeves

  21. Inefficient translocation of a truncated O unit by a Salmonella Wzx affects both O-antigen production and cell growth

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Yaoqin Hong, Professor Peter Richard Reeves

  22. Diversity of O-Antigen Repeat Unit Structures Can Account for the Substantial Sequence Variation of Wzx Translocases

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Yaoqin Hong, Professor Peter Richard Reeves

  23. The WbaK acetyltransferase of Salmonella enterica group E gives insights into O antigen evolution

    Article • Microbiology, September 2013, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Peter Richard Reeves, Dr Yaoqin Hong

  24. The Wzx translocases for Salmonella enterica O-antigen processing have unexpected serotype specificity

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2012, Wiley

    Dr Yaoqin Hong, Professor Peter Richard Reeves, Yaoqin Hong