First author papers

(* contributed equally; # co-correspondence)

1. Liu Y*, Zhou Z*^,#, Su H, Wu S, Ni G, Zhang A, Tsimring LS, Hasty J, Hao N^#. Enhanced cellular longevity arising from environmental fluctuations. Cell Syst. 2024

Enhanced cellular longevity arising from environmental fluctuations: Cell Systems

Preview: Matthew S, et al. Rationally reprogramming single-cell aging trajectories and lifespan through dynamic modulation of environmental inputs. Cell Systems 2024

2. Zhou Z, Liu YT, Feng YS, Klepin S, Tsimring LS, Pillus L, Hasty J, Hao N. (2023) Engineering longevity – design of a synthetic gene oscillator to slow cellular aging. Science. 2023.

Engineering longevity—design of a synthetic gene oscillator to slow cellular aging | Science

Commentary: Salis HM. Genetic circuitry boosts cell longevity. Science 2023 April 28; 380:343.

Research highlights: Minton K. Engineering an oscillating gene circuit to delay cellular aging. Nature Reviews Genetics 2023 May 16.

3. Paxman J*, Zhou Z*, O'Laughlin R, Liu Y, Li Y, Tian W, Su H, Jiang Y, Holness SE, Stasiowski E, Tsimring LS, Pillus L, Hasty J, Hao N. (2022) Age-dependent aggregation of ribosomal RNA-binding proteins links deterioration in chromatin stability with challenges to proteostasis. eLife. 2022.

Age-dependent aggregation of ribosomal RNA-binding proteins links deterioration in chromatin stability with challenges to proteostasis | eLife (elifesciences.org)

4. Zhou Z*, Liu YT*, Gong T, Ma L, Hu YN, Li HT, Cai C, Zhang LL, Wei G, Zhou JQ. Independent manipulation of histone H3 modifications in individual nucleosomes reveals the contributions of sister histones to transcription. eLife. 2017.

Independent manipulation of histone H3 modifications in individual nucleosomes reveals the contributions of sister histones to transcription | eLife (elifesciences.org)

Co-authored publications

5. Tsai K, Zhou Z, Yang J, Xu Z, Xu S, Zandi R, Hao N, Chen W, Alber M. Study of Impacts of Two Types of Cellular Aging on the Yeast Bud Morphogenesis. bioRxiv. 2024.

6. SarSam RD, Xu J, Lahiri I, Gong W, Li Q, Oh J, Zhou Z, Hou P, Chong J, Hao N, Li S, Wang D, and Leschziner AE. Elf1 promotes Rad26's interaction with lesion-arrested Pol II for transcription-coupled repair. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024

7. Gong T, Liu YT, Zhou Z, Zhang LL, Gu X, Wen Y, Zhong WL, Xu GL and Zhou JQ. Combinatorial K4me0-K36me3 marks on sister histone H3s are required for Dnmt3a-Dnmt3L mediated de novo DNA methylation. J Genet Genomics. 2018.

8. Lv FJ, Zhang TL, Zhou Z, Gao SX, Wong CL, Zhou JQ and Ding JP. Structural basis for Sfm1 functioning as a protein arginine methyltransferase. Cell discov. 2015.

9. Li HT, Gong T, Zhou Z, Liu YT, Cao X, Yang H, Chen CD, Zhou JQ. Yeast Hmt1 catalyses asymmetric dimethylation of histone H3 arginine 2 in vitro. Biochem J. 2015.

10. Qian H, Chen W, Li J, Wang J, Zhou Z, Liu W, Fu Z. The effect of exogenous nitric oxide on alleviating herbicide damage in Chlorella vulgaris. Aquat Toxicol. 2009