!!Zihe Rao - Selected Publications
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To date, Rao has published 401 peer reviewed research papers, including 23 papers in Science, Nature and Cell. His work has been citied more than 21,500 times, his H-index is currently 72 (2 Jul, 2021, retrieved from Google Scholar). He also has 37 innovation patents.\\
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__Part I. SARS-CoV-2 work__ \\
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1. Jin, Z.; Du, X.; Xu, Y.; Deng, Y.; Liu, M.; Zhao, Y.; Zhang, B.; Li, X.; Zhang, L.; Peng, C.; Duan, Y.; Yu, J.; Wang, L.; Yang, K.; Liu, F.; Jiang, R.; Yang, X.; You, T.; Liu, X.; Yang, X.; Bai, F.; Liu, H.; Liu, X.; Guddat, L. W.; Xu, W.; Xiao, G.; Qin, C.; Shi, Z.; Jiang, H.*; Rao, Z.*; Yang, H.*, Structure of M(pro) from SARS-CoV-2 and discovery of its inhibitors. Nature 2020, 582 (7811), 289-293. PMID:32272481\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations 1459. F1000 selected. \\
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2. Gao, Y.; Yan, L.; Huang, Y.; Liu, F.; Zhao, Y.; Cao, L.; Wang, T.; Sun, Q.; Ming, Z.; Zhang, L.;  Ge, J.; Zheng, L.; Zhang, Y.; Wang, H.; Zhu, Y.; Zhu, C.; Hu, T.; Hua, T.; Zhang, B.; Yang, X.;  Li, J.; Yang, H.; Liu, Z.; Xu, W.; Guddat, L. W.; Wang, Q.*; Lou, Z.*; Rao, Z.*, Structure of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase from COVID-19 virus. Science 2020, 368 (6492), 779-782. PMID:32277040\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations 721. \\
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3. Wang, Q.*; Wu, J.; Wang, H.; Gao, Y.; Liu, Q.; Mu, A.; Ji, W.; Yan, L.; Zhu, Y.; Zhu, C.; Fang, X.; Yang, X.; Huang, Y.; Gao, H.; Liu, F.; Ge, J.; Sun, Q.; Yang, X.; Xu, W.;  Liu, Z.; Yang, H.; Lou, Z.; Jiang, B.; Guddat, L. W.; Gong, P.*; Rao, Z.*, Structural Basis for RNA Replication by the SARS-CoV-2 Polymerase. Cell 2020, 182 (2), 417-428 e13.  PMID:32526208\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 160. \\
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4. Lv, Z.; Deng, Y.Q.; Ye, Q.; Cao, L.; Sun, C.Y.; Fan, C.; Huang, W.; Sun, S.; Sun, Y.; Zhu, L.; Chen, Q.; Wang, N.; Nie, J.; Cui, Z.; Zhu, D.; Shaw, N.; Li, X.F.; Li, Q.; Xie, L.*; Wang, Y.*; Rao, Z.*, Qin, C.F.*, Wang, X.X.*. Structural basis for neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV by a potent therapeutic antibody. Science 2020 Jul 23. 369(6510), 1505-1509. PMID:32703908\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations 152. \\
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5. Yan, L.; Ge, J.; Zheng, L.; Zhang, Y.; Gao, Y.; Wang, T.; Huang, Y.; Yang, Y.; Gao, S.; Li, M.; Liu, Z.; Wang, H.; Li, Y.; Chen, Y.; Guddat, L. W.; Wang, Q.; Rao, Z.*; Lou, Z.*, Cryo-EM Structure of an Extended SARS-CoV-2 Replication and Transcription Complex Reveals an Intermediate State in Cap Synthesis. Cell 2021, 184 (1), 184-193 e10.  PMID:33232691\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 38. \\
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6. Yan L.; Yang Y.; Li M.; Zhang Y.; Zheng L.; Ge J.; Huang Y.; Liu Z.; Wang T.; Gao S.; Zhang R.; Huang Y.; Guddat LW.; Gao Y.*; Rao Z.*; Lou Z.*, Co-transcriptional capping machineries in SARS-CoV-2 RTC: Coupling of N7-methyltransferase and 3'-5' exoribonuclease with polymerase reveals mechanisms for capping and proofreading. Cell 2021, 184(13), 3474-3485. PMID: 34143953\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 0.\\
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7. Dai, W.; Zhang, B.; Jiang, X. M.; Su, H.; Li, J.; Zhao, Y.; Xie, X.; Jin, Z.; Peng, J.; Liu, F.; Li, C.; Li, Y.; Bai, F.; Wang, H.; Cheng, X.; Cen, X.; Hu, S.; Yang, X.; Wang, J.; Liu, X.; Xiao, G.; Jiang, H.; Rao, Z.; Zhang, L. K.; Xu, Y.; Yang, H.; Liu, H., Structure-based design of antiviral drug candidates targeting the SARS-CoV-2 main protease. Science 2020, 368 (6497), 1331-1335. PMID:32321856\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 483. \\
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8. Jin, Z.; Zhao, Y.; Sun, Y.; Zhang, B.; Wang, H.; Wu, Y.; Zhu, Y.; Zhu, C.; Hu, T.; Du, X.; Duan, Y.; Yu, J.; Yang, X.; Yang, X.; Yang, K.; Liu, X.; Guddat, L. W.; Xiao, G.; Zhang, L.*; Yang, H.*; Rao, Z., Structural basis for the inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 main protease by antineoplastic drug carmofur. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2020, 27 (6), 529-532. PMID: 32382072\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 173. \\
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9. Yan, L.; Zhang, Y.; Ge, J.; Zheng, L.; Gao, Y.; Wang, T.; Jia, Z.; Wang, H.; Huang, Y.; Li, M.; Wang, Q.; Rao, Z.*; Lou, Z.*, Architecture of a SARS-CoV-2 mini replication and transcription complex. Nat Commun 2020, 11 (1), 5874. PMID:33208736\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 37. \\
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__Part II. Selected coronavirus related research__\\
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10. Yang, H.; Xie, W.; Xue, X.; Yang, K.; Ma, J.; Liang, W.; Zhao, Q.; Zhou, Z.; Pei, D.; Ziebuhr, J.; Hilgenfeld, R.; Yuen, K. Y.; Wong, L.; Gao, G.; Chen, S.; Chen, Z.; Ma, D.; Bartlam, M.; Rao, Z.*, Design of wide-spectrum inhibitors targeting coronavirus main proteases. PLoS Biol 2005, 3 (10), e324. PMID:16128623\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 442. \\
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11. Yang, H.; Yang, M.; Ding, Y.; Liu, Y.; Lou, Z.; Zhou, Z.; Sun, L.; Mo, L.; Ye, S.; Pang, H.; Gao, G. F.; Anand, K.; Bartlam, M.; Hilgenfeld, R.; Rao, Z.*, The crystal structures of severe acute respiratory syndrome virus main protease and its complex with an inhibitor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003, 100 (23), 13190-5. PMID:14585926\\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 788. \\
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12. Jia, Z.; Yan, L.; Ren, Z.; Wu, L.; Wang, J.; Guo, J.; Zheng, L.; Ming, Z.; Zhang, L.; Lou, Z.; Rao, Z.*, Delicate structural coordination of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus Nsp13 upon ATP hydrolysis. Nucleic Acids Res 2019, 47 (12), 6538-6550. PMID:31131400 \\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 150. \\
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13. Ma, Y. Y.; Wu, L. J.; Shaw, N.; Gao, Y.; Wang, J.; Sun, Y. N.; Lou, Z. Y.; Yan, L. M.; Zhang,R. G.*; Rao, Z.*, Structural basis and functional analysis of the SARS coronavirus nsp14-nsp10 complex. P Natl Acad Sci USA 2015, 112 (30), 9436-9441. PMID:26159422 \\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 235. \\
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14. Zhai, Y. J.; Sun, F.; Li, X. M.; Pang, H.; Xu, X. L.; Bartlam, M.; Rao, Z.*, Insights into SARS-CoV transcription and replication from the structure of the nsp7-nsp8 hexadecamer. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2005, 12 (11), 980-986. PMID:16228002 \\
2 Jul 2021: Google scholar Citations total 260.