SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
(1) Fan, C.; Zhan, X.; Guo, F.; Li, Q.; Lu, K.; Shan, X.; Zhou, Y.; Ren, M.; Greenberg, M. M.; Liu, Y.; Zhou, C., Uridine embedded within DNA is repaired by uracil DNA glycosylase via a mechanism distinct from that of ribonuclease H2. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 11574-11583.
(2) Ren, M.; Gut, F.; Fan, Y.; Ma, J.; Shan, X.; Yikilmazsoy, A.; Likhodeeva, M.; Hopfner, K.-P.; Zhou, C., Structural basis for human OGG1 processing 8-oxodguo within nucleosome core particles. Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 9407.
(3) Zhou, Y.; Li, H.; Huang, Y.; Li, J.; Deng, G.; Chen, G.; Xi, Z.; Zhou, C., Suppression of alpha-carbon racemization in peptide synthesis based on a thiol-labile amino protecting group. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14, 5324.
(4) Ren, M.; Greenberg, M. M.; Zhou, C., Participation of histones in DNA damage and repair within nucleosome core particles: Mechanism and applications. Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 1059-1073.
(5) Li, Q.; Trajkovski, M.; Fan, C.; Chen, J.; Zhou, Y.; Lu, K.; Li, H.; Su, X.; Xi, Z.; Plavec, J.; Zhou, C., 4′-SCF3 labeling constitutes a sensitive 19F NMR probe for characterization of interactions in the minor groove of DNA. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202201848.
(6) Zhou, Y.; Zhou, C., Designing in vivo active DNAzymes. Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 299-301.
(7) Wang, H.; Shan, X.; Ren, M.; Shang, M.; Zhou, C., Nucleosomes enter cells by clathrin- and caveolin-dependent endocytosis. Nucleic Acids Res. 2021, 49, 12306-12319.
(8) Li, Q.; Chen, J.; Trajkovski, M.; Zhou, Y.; Fan, C.; Lu, K.; Tang, P.; Su, X.; Plavec, J.; Xi, Z.; Zhou, C., 4′-fluorinated RNA: Synthesis, structure, and applications as a sensitive 19F NMR probe of RNA structure and function. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 4739-4748.