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  1. Pseudomonas sp. ST4 produces variety of active compounds to interfere fungal sexual mating and hyphal growth

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, June 2018, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  2. Immunological blocking of spermidine-mediated host-pathogen communication provides effective control against Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, May 2018, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  3. A novel two-component system modulates quorum sensing and pathogenicity in Burkholderia cenocepacia

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2018, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  4. Succinic Semialdehyde Promotes Prosurvival Capability of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2016, ASM Journals

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  5. The Host Plant Metabolite Glucose Is the Precursor of Diffusible Signal Factor (DSF) Family Signals in Xanthomonas campestris

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  6. Quorum Quenching: Impact and Mechanisms

    Article • April 2014, ASM Journals

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  7. Diffusible signal factor (DSF) quorum sensing signal and structurally related molecules enhance the antimicrobial efficacy of antibiotics against some bacterial pathogens

    Article • BMC Microbiology, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  8. Fenpropathrin Biodegradation Pathway in Bacillus sp. DG-02 and Its Potential for Bioremediation of Pyrethroid-Contaminated Soils

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, February 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  9. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of a putative nonribosomal peptide synthase AmbB fromPseudomonas aeruginosa

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

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  10. Identification and Characterization of a Second Quorum-Sensing System in Agrobacterium tumefaciens A6

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  11. A Nonribosomal Peptide Synthase Containing a Stand-Alone Condensation Domain Is Essential for Phytotoxin Zeamine Biosynthesis

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, November 2013, Scientific Societies

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  12. Monooxygenase, a Novel Beta-Cypermethrin Degrading Enzyme from Streptomyces sp

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2013, PLOS

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  13. Erratum: A cell-cell communication signal integrates quorum sensing and stress response

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

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  14. A cell-cell communication signal integrates quorum sensing and stress response

    Article • Nature Chemical Biology, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  15. Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cytotoxicity Is Attenuated at High Cell Density and Associated with the Accumulation of Phenylacetic Acid

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2013, PLOS

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  16. Characterization of a novel cyfluthrin-degrading bacterial strain Brevibacterium aureum and its biochemical degradation pathway

    Article • Bioresource Technology, March 2013, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  17. The global regulator Crc plays a multifaceted role in modulation of type III secretion system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, January 2013, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  18. A Novel Effector Protein, MJ-NULG1a, Targeted to Giant Cell Nuclei Plays a Role in Meloidogyne javanica Parasitism

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, January 2013, Scientific Societies

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  19. The AHL- and BDSF-Dependent Quorum Sensing Systems Control Specific and Overlapping Sets of Genes in Burkholderia cenocepacia H111

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2012, PLOS

    Lian-Hui Zhang, Professor Leo Eberl

  20. The diffusible factor synthase XanB2 is a bifunctional chorismatase that links the shikimate pathway to ubiquinone and xanthomonadins biosynthetic pathways

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 2012, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  21. ARF-TSS: an alternative method for identification of transcription start site in bacteria

    Article • BioTechniques, April 2012, Informa UK (Informa Life Sciences)

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  22. Structural Basis of Substrate Binding Specificity Revealed by the Crystal Structures of Polyamine Receptors SpuD and SpuE from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, March 2012, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  23. A Novel Multidomain Polyketide Synthase Is Essential for Zeamine Production and the Virulence of Dickeya zeae

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, October 2011, Scientific Societies

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  24. Xanthomonas campestris Diffusible Factor Is 3-Hydroxybenzoic Acid and Is Associated with Xanthomonadin Biosynthesis, Cell Viability, Antioxidant Activity, and Systemic Invasion

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, August 2011, Scientific Societies

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  25. Anti‐activator QslA defines the quorum sensing threshold and response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2011, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  26. Listening to a New Language: DSF-Based Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Bacteria

    Article • Chemical Reviews, December 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  27. Quorum sensing modulation of a putative glycosyltransferase gene cluster essential for Xanthomonas campestris biofilm formation

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2010, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  28. Transgenic sugarcane plants expressing high levels of modified cry1Ac provide effective control against stem borers in field trials

    Article • Transgenic Research, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  29. A novel C-di-GMP effector linking intracellular virulence regulon to quorum sensing and hypoxia sensing

    Article • Virulence, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  30. Structural Basis of the Sensor-Synthase Interaction in Autoinduction of the Quorum Sensing Signal DSF Biosynthesis

    Article • Structure, September 2010, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang, Dr Martin Austin Walsh

  31. 13CLabeling reveals multiple amination reactions in the biosynthesis of a novel polyketide polyamine antibioticzeamine from Dickeya zeae

    Article • Chemical Communications, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  32. Rice bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae produces multiple DSF-family signals in regulation of virulence factor production

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  33. Co‐regulation of Xanthomonas campestris virulence by quorum sensing and a novel two‐component regulatory system RavS/RavR

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2009, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  34. Quorum sensing and virulence regulation in Xanthomonas campestris

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, August 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  35. A novel two-component system BqsS-BqsR modulates quorum sensing-dependent biofilm decay inPseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Communicative & Integrative Biology, July 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  36. Modulation of Bacterial Type III Secretion System by a Spermidine Transporter Dependent Signaling Pathway

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2007, PLOS

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  37. A novel DSF-like signal from Burkholderia cenocepacia interferes with Candida albicans morphological transition

    Article • The ISME Journal, November 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  38. Detection and Analysis of Quorum‐Quenching Enzymes Against Acyl Homoserine Lactone Quorum‐Sensing Signals

    Article • Current Protocols in Microbiology, June 2007, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  39. Xanthomonas campestris cell–cell communication involves a putative nucleotide receptor protein Clp and a hierarchical signalling network

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2007, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  40. Identification of genetic markers to distinguish the virulent and avirulent subspecies of Pantoea stewartii by comparative proteomics and genetic analysis

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, February 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  41. Succinic semialdehyde couples stress response to quorum‐sensing signal decay in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2006, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  42. Regeneration of sugarcane elite breeding lines and engineering of stem borer resistance

    Article • Pest Management Science, January 2006, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  43. Genome scale analysis of diffusible signal factor regulon in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris: identification of novel cell–cell communication‐dependent genes and functions

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2005, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  44. GmCOI1 , a Soybean F-Box Protein Gene, Shows Ability to Mediate Jasmonate-Regulated Plant Defense and Fertility in Arabidopsis

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, December 2005, Scientific Societies

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  45. Transition to Quorum Sensing in an Agrobacterium Population: A Stochastic Model

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, September 2005, PLOS

    Lian-Hui Zhang, Andrew B Goryachev

  46. VqsM, a novel AraC-type global regulator of quorum-sensing signalling and virulence inPseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2005, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  47. Quorum quenching enzyme activity is widely conserved in the sera of mammalian species

    Article • FEBS Letters, June 2005, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  48. The two‐component response regulator PprB modulates quorum‐sensing signal production and global gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2005, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  49. Transition to Quorum Sensing in an Agrobacterium Population: A Stochastic Model

    Article • PLoS Computational Biology, January 2005, PLOS

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  50. Quorum sensing and signal interference: diverse implications

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2004, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  51. The quormone degradation system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is regulated by starvation signal and stress alarmone (p)ppGpp

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2004, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  52. A bacterial cell–cell communication signal with cross‐kingdom structural analogues

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2003, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  53. Microbial diversity and prevalence of virulent pathogens in biofilms developed in a water reclamation system

    Article • Research in Microbiology, November 2003, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  54. Cloning and characterization of a novel lipase from Vibrio harveyi strain AP6

    Article • Gene, July 2003, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  55. Quorum quenching and proactive host defense

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, May 2003, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  56. Acyl‐homoserine lactone acylase from Ralstonia strain XJ12B represents a novel and potent class of quorum‐quenching enzymes

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, January 2003, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  57. A motif rich in charged residues determines product specificity in isomaltulose synthase

    Article • FEBS Letters, January 2003, Wiley

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  58. Cloning and characterization of a metalloprotease from Vibrio harveyi strain AP6

    Article • Gene, January 2003, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  59. Expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of isomaltulose synthase (PalI) fromKlebsiellasp. LX3

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography, December 2002, International Union of Crystallography

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  60. Quenching quorum-sensing-dependent bacterial infection by an N-acyl homoserine lactonase

    Article • Nature, June 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  61. Characterization of the acyl carrier protein gene and the fab gene locus in Xanthomonas albilineans

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, December 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  62. Albicidin antibiotic and phytotoxin biosynthesis in Xanthomonas albilineans requires a phosphopantetheinyl transferase gene

    Article • Gene, November 2000, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  63. Analysis of the genes flanking xabB: a methyltransferase gene is involved in albicidin biosynthesis in Xanthomonas albilineans

    Article • Gene, September 2000, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  64. Agrobacterium conjugation and gene regulation by N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones

    Article • Nature, April 1993, Springer Science + Business Media

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  65. Mechanisms of selective action of sodium sulfanilate on plants

    Article • Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, September 1988, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang

  66. Mechanisms of differential inhibitory effects of sodium sulfanilate on folic acid biosynthesis in plants

    Article • Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, September 1988, Elsevier

    Lian-Hui Zhang