Zhiqiang Du
Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and M
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
United States of America
Biography
PhD: University of Heidelberg, Germany, Molecular Biology (2002) Postdoctoral Fellowship: Northwestern University (2009)
Research Interest
protein folding, misfolding, aggregation, amyloidogenesis, prion, yeast genetics and protein misfolding disorders.
Publications
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An insight into the complex prion-prion interaction network in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Du Z, Valtierra S, Li L Prion. 2014 Nov; 8(6): 387-392. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/19336896.2014.992274. PMID: 25517561 PMCID: 25517561 ISSN: 1933-6896
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The Yeast Prion [SWI+] Abolishes Multicellular Growth by Triggering Conformational Changes of Multiple Regulators Required for Flocculin Gene Expression Du Z, Zhang Y, Li L Cell Reports. 2015 Jul 15; doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2015.11.060. PMID: 26711350 PMCID: 26711350 ISSN: 2211-1247
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Analysis of [SWI+] formation and propagation events Du Z, Goncharoff DK, Cheng X, Li L Molecular Microbiology. 2017 Apr; 104(1): 105-124. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mmi.13616. PMID: 28035761 PMCID: 28035761 ISSN: 0950-382X
