Zhang Zhiying
Professor
Animal Science and Technology
Northwest A&F University
China
Biography
EDUCATION: 1994-1998 Ph.D.of Biomedicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal. 1982-1985 M.Sc. of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Northwestern Agricultural University, Shaanxi, PRC. 1978-1982 B.Sc. of Animal Genetics and Breeding , Northwestern Agricultural University, Shaanxi, PRC.
Research Interest
Genomics: Application of zinc finger nuclease in generation of transgenic animals and gene function analysis. Virology and Oncology. Elucidating mechanisms of the accessory genes of a fish retrovirus (WDSV) inducing skin tumor regression, sponsored by NSRC; Functional analysis of adenovirus E1A gene in yeast cells, supported by CIHR; Identification of the mechanism of adenovirus E4orf4 tumor cell killing, supported by CIHR; â— Immunonutrition. Application of immunological nutrition principles to promote animal growth.
Publications
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Zhang, Z. M. Smith and J. Mymryk. 2001, Interaction of the E1A oncoprotein with Yak1p, a novel regulator of yeast pseudohyphal differentiation, and related mammalian kinases. Mol. Biol. Cell. 12(3):699-710.
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Avvakumov. N, M. Sahbegovic, Z. Zhang, M. Shuen and J. Mymryk. 2002, Analysis of DNA binding by the adenovirus 5 E1A oncoprotein. Journal of General Virology. 2002 Mar;83(Pt 3):517-24.
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Kris S Marshall, Zhiying Zhang, Jennifer Curran, Stephanie Derbyshire and Joe S. Mymryk. 2006, An improved genetic system for detection and analysis of protein nuclear import signals. BMC Molecular Biology. 2007 Jan 25;8:6.
