65. He H, Wei X, Yang B, Liu H, Sun M, Li Y, Yan A, Tang C, Lin Y, Xu L, Ultrastrong and multifunctional aerogels with hyperconnective network of composite polymeric nanofibers, Nat. Commun. 2022; 13(1):4242. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-31957-2.
64. Qin S, He Z, Liu Y, Hu J, Xiao W, Tang X, Li G, Lin P, Pu Q, Wu Q, Zhou C, Wang B, Gao P, Wang Z, Yan A, Nadeem K, Xia Z, and Wu M, Engineered bacteriophages containing anti-CRSIPR suppress infection of antibiotic resistant P. aeruginosa, Microbiology Spectrum 2022, doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01602-22.
63. Wang P, Zhang G, Xu Z, Chen Z, Liu X, Wang C, Zheng C, Wang J, Zhang H, Yan A*, Whole-cell FRET monitoring of transcription factor activities enables functional annotation of signal transduction systems in living bacteria, J. Biol. Chem 2022, 298(8):102258. doi:10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102258
62. Ding X; Lan W; Li Y; Yan A; Katayama Y; Koba K; Makabe A; Fukushima K; Yano M; Onishi Y; Ge Q, Gu J*, An internal recycling mechanism between ammonia and nitrate driven by ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria (AOA, AOB, and Comammox) on Angkor sandstone monuments, Int Biodeterior Biodegradation 2021 165, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2021.105328.
61. Awan A, Yan A, Sarwar Y, Schierack P, Ali A, Detection of synergistic antimicrobial resistance mechanisms in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from post-operative wound infections, Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2021 105 (24), 9321-9332. doi: 10.1007/s00253-021-11680-6.
60. Xu Z, Li Y, Cao H, Si M, Zhang G, Woo PCY, Yan A*, A transferrable and integrative type I-F Cascade for heterologous genome editing and transcription modulation, Nucleic Acids Res 2021, 49(16): e94. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab521
59. Luo D, Wang X, Feng X, Tian M, Wang S, Tang SL, Ang P, Yan A, Luo H*, Population Differentiation of Rhodobacteraceae Along with Coral Compartments ISME J. 2021, 15(11): 3286-3302. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01009-6
58. Wang H, Wang M, Xu X, Gao P, Xu Z, Zhang Q, Li H, Yan A, Kao YT, Sun H*, Multi-target mode of action of silver against Staphylococcus aureus endows it with capability to combat antibiotic resistance, Nat. Commun. 2021, 12:3331. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23659-y
57. Deng Y, Huang Y, Che Y, Yang Y, Yin X, Yan A, Dai L, Liu YY, Polz M, Zhang T, Microbiome assembly for sulfonamide subsistence and the transfer of genetic determinants, ISME J. 2021, 15(10): 2817-2829. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00969-z
56. He H, Li Y, Liu H, Kim Y, Yan A and Xu L*, Elastic, Conductive and Mechanically Strong Hydrogels from Dual-Cross-Linked Aramid Nanofiber Composites, ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2021,13(6):7539-7545. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c21148
55. Li Y., Xu Z., Han W. Cao H, Umarov R, Yan A, Fan M, Chen H, Duarte C, Li L, Ho PL, Gao X. HMD-ARG: hierarchical multi-task deep learning for annotating antibiotic resistance genes. Microbiome 2021 Vol 9, 40, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01002-3
54. Xiao T, Yan A, Huang J, Jorgensen E, Shah N, Comparative Peptidomic and Meta-transcriptomic Analyses Reveal Improved Gamma-amino butyric acid Production Machinery in Levilactobacillus brevis NPS-QW 145 Co-cultured with Streptococcus thermophilus ASCC1275 during Milk Fermentation, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2020, 87(1): e01985-20. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01985-20
53. Wang H, Yang X, Wang M, Hu M, Xu X, Yan A, Hao Q, Li H, Sun H, Atomic differentiation of silver binding preference in protein targets: Escherichia coli malate dehydrogenase as a paradigm, Chemical Sciences 2020, 11, 11714-11719. doi:10.1039/d0sc04151c
52. Sun H, Wang R, Zang Q, Wang H, Wong YT, Wang M, Hao Q, Yan A, Kao RYT, Ho PL, Li H, Resensitizing carbapenem- and colistin-resistant bacteria to antibiotics using auranofin, Nature Communications 2020;11(1):5263, doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18939-y.
51. Wang X, Zhang Y, Ren M, Xia T, Chu X, Liu C, Lin X, Huang Y, Chen Z, Yan A, Luo H, Cryptic Speciation of a Pelagic Roseobacter Population Varying at a Few Thousand Nucleotide Sites, The ISME Journal 2020, 14(12): 3106-3119. doi:10.1038/s41396-020-00743-7
50. Xu Z, Li Y, Li M, Xiang H, Yan A*, Harnessing the type I CRISPR-Cas systems for genome editing in prokaryotes, Environ. Microbiol. 2021, 23(2): 542-558. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15116.
49. Xu Z, Li Y, Yan A* Repurposing the native type I-F CRISPR-Cas system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa for genome editing, Star Protocol 2020, 1: 100039 doi:10.1016/j.xpro.2020.100039.
48. Xu Z, Wang P, Wang H, Yu ZH, Au-Yeung HY, Hirayama T, Sun H, Yan A* Zinc excess increases cellular demand for iron and decreases tolerance to copper in Escherichia coli, J. Biol. Chem 2019, 294(45) 16978-16991.
47. Xu Z, Li M, Li Y, Cao H, Miao L, Xu Z, Higuchi Y, Yamasaki S, Nishino K, Woo PCY, Xiang H, Yan A*, Native CRISPR-Cas-mediated genome editing enables dissecting and sensitizing clinical multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa, Cell Rep. 2019, 29 1707-1717.
46. Wang H, Wang M, Yang X, Xu X, Hao Q, Yan A, Hu M, Lobinski R, Li H, Sun H, Antimicrobial Silver Targets Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase in Glycolysis of E. coli, Chem. Sci 2019, 10, 7193-7199. DOI: 10.1039/c9sc02032b.
45. Wang H, Yan A, Liu Z, Yang X, Xu Z, Wang Y, Wang R, Koohi-Moghadam M, Hu L, Xia W, Tang H, Wang Y, Li H, Sun H., Deciphering molecular mechanism of silver by integrated omic approaches enables enhancing its antimicrobial efficacy in E. coli, PLoS Biol 2019,17(6): e3000292.
44. Wang Z.#, Sun J.#, Tian M.#, Xu Z., Liu Y., Fu, J., Yan A*, Liu, X*, Proteomic analysis of FNR-regulated anaerobiosis in Salmonella Typhimurium, Journal of The American Society for Mass Spectrometry 2019, Vol. 30 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02145-2
43. Long S, Miao L, Li R, Deng F, Qiao Q, Liu X, Yan A, Xu Z, Rapid Identification of Bacteria by Membrane-Responsive Aggregation of a Pyrene Derivative, ACS sensors 2019, 4, 281-285
42. Cao H, Xia T, Li Y, Xu Z, Bougouffa S, Lo YT, Bajic V, Luo H, Woo, PCY, Yan A*, Uncoupled quorum sensing modulates the interplay of virulence and resistance in a multidrug-resistant clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolate belonging to the MLST550 clonal complex, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2019, 63 (4), e01944-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01944-18
41. Andolina G, Wei R, Liu H, Yang X, Cao H, Chen S, Yan A, Li XD, Li X, Metabolic Labeling of Pseudaminic Acid-containing Glycans on Bacterial Surfaces, ACS Chemical Biology 2018; 13(10):3030-3037, doi: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00822.
40. Wang Z, Sun J, Xia T, Liu Y, Fu J, Lo Y., Chang C, Yan A*, Liu X*, Proteomic delineation of the ArcA regulon in Salmonella Typhimurium during anaerobiosis, Molecular &Cellular Proteomics 2018; 17(10):1937-1947, doi: 10.1074/mcp.RA117.000563.
39. Heshiki1 Y, Dissanayake1 T, Zheng T, Kang K, Ni Y, Xu Z, Sarkar C, Woo CY, Chow K. C. Chow, Baker D, Yan A, Webster C, Panagiotou G*, Li J. Toward a Metagenomic Understanding on the Bacterial Composition and Resistome in Hong Kong Banknotes, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017, 8: 632. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00632
38. Neelakantan P *, Romero M, Vera J, Daood U, Khan A, Yan A., Cheung G, Biofilms in Endodontics — Current Status and Future Directions, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2017; 18, 1748; doi:10.3390/ijms18081748
37. Cao H*, Lai Y, Bougouffa S, Xu Z, Yan A.* Comparative genome and transcriptome analysis reveals distinctive surface characteristics and unique physiological potentials in Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, BMC Genomics 2017; 18:459 doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-3842-z.
36. Lai Y, Xu Z, Yan A. *A novel regulatory circuit to control indole biosynthesis protects Escherichia coli from nitrosative damages during the anaerobic respiration of nitrate, Environmental Microbiology 2017; 19: 598-610
35. Gan R, Deng Z, Yan A, Shah NP, Lui WY, Chan CL, Corke H, Pigmented edible bean coats as natural sources of polyphenols with antioxidant and antibacterial effects, Food Science and Technology 2016; 73, 168-177
34. Xiao M, Lai Y, Sun J, Chen G, Yan A*. Transcriptional Regulation of the Outer Membrane Porin Gene ompW Reveals its Physiological Role during the Transition from the Aerobic to the Anaerobic Lifestyle of Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol. 2016; 7: 799. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00799.
33. Fung KC, Ma YZ, Xia TY, Luk CH, Yan A*. Signaling by the heavy-metal sensor CusS involves rearranged helical interactions in specific transmembrane regions, Molecular Microbiology 2016;100 (5), 774-787
32. Xu Z, Yan A*. Multidrug Efflux Systems in Microaerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria, Antibiotics 2015; 4, 379-396.
31. Wang X*, Quinn P, Yan A*. Kdo2-lipid A: Structural Diversity and Impact on Immunopharmacology, Biological Reviews 2015; 90, 408-427.
30. Deng Z, Sun J, Yan A*. Bacterial Multidrug Efflux Pumps: Mechanisms, Physiology and Pharmacological Exploitations, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2014; 453: 254-267.
29. Fung KC, Lau WY, Chan WT, Yan A*. Copper efflux is induced during anaerobic amino acid limitation in Escherichia coli to protect iron-sulfur cluster enzymes and biogenesis #, Journal of Bacteriology 2013; 195:4556–4568. (#: highlighted in Journal of Bacteriology 2013; 195: 4553-4555; and is recommended by F1000 Prime Access the recommendation on F1000 Prime)
28. Deng Z, Shan Y, Pan Q, Gao X, Yan A*. Anaerobic expression of the gadE-mdtEF multidrug efflux operon is primarily regulated by the two-component system ArcBA through antagonizing the H-NS mediated repression, Frontiers in Microbiology 2013; 4: 194. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00194.
27. Shetye GS, Singh N, Gao X, Bandyopadhyay D, Yan A*; Luk, Y.* Structures and biofilm inhibition activities of brominated furanones for Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, MedChemComm 2013; 4:1079-1084.
26. Shan Y, Lai Y, Yan A*. Metabolic reprogramming under microaerobic and anaerobic conditions in bacteria, Reprogramming Metabolic Pathways 2012; 55:159-179, Chapter 8, Springer publisher
25. Pan Q, Shan Y, Yan A*. A region at the C-terminus of the Escherichia coli global transcription factor FNR negatively mediates its degradation by the ClpXP protease, Biochemistry 2012; 51 (25):5061-5071.
24. Shan Y, Pan Q, Liu J, Huang F, Sun H, Nishino K, Yan A*. Covalently linking the Escherichia coli global anaerobic regulator FNR in tandem allows it to function as an oxygen stable dimer, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 2012; 419:43-48.
23. ZhangY, Xiao M, Horiyama T, Zhang Y, Li X, Nishino K, Yan A*. The multidrug efflux pump MdtEF protects against nitrosative damage during the anaerobic respiration in Escherichia coli, The Journal of Biological Chemistry 2011; 286:26576-26584.
22. Yan A*, Kiley P, Techniques to isolate O2-sensitive proteins: [4Fe-4S]-FNR as an example, Methods in Enzymology 2009; 463:787-805.
21. Yan A, Kiley P. Dissecting the Role of the N-terminal Region of Escherichia coli Global Transcription Factor FNR , Journal of Bacteriology 2008; 190:8230-8233.