Zhi Xu

Jan 2, 2025 | nature.com | Zhi Xu

AbstractNanoparticle-mediated delivery of nucleic acids and proteins into intact plants has the potential to modify metabolic pathways and confer desirable traits in crops. Here we show that layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanosheets coated with lysozyme are actively taken up into the root tip, root hairs and lateral root junctions by endocytosis, and translocate via an active membrane trafficking pathway in plants.

Nov 29, 2024 | mdpi.com | Zhi Xu |Zenghua Fan |Jun Gao |Kun Zhang

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Jul 25, 2024 | mdpi.com | Yun Zhao |Rui Wen Zhang |Heping Shu |Zhi Xu

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May 14, 2024 | cell.com | Zhi Xu |Sina Rüeger |Patrick Shea |Gnimah Eva Gnouamozi

SummaryEvolutionary changes in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome could reflect its adaptation to host-induced selective pressure. Leveraging paired human exome and ultra-deep HBV genome-sequencing data from 567 affected individuals with chronic hepatitis B, we comprehensively searched for the signatures of this evolutionary process by conducting “genome-to-genome” association tests between all human genetic variants and viral mutations.

Feb 2, 2024 | arxiv.org | Zhi Xu |Xiaotong Zhang |Feng Zhang |Fenglong Ma