Large-Scale Transgenic Drosophila Resource Collections for Loss- and Gain-of-Function Studies

…, C Villalta, A Comjean, J Sun, X Wang, Y Jia, R Zhu… - Genetics, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The Transgenic RNAi Project (TRiP), a Drosophila melanogaster functional genomics platform
at Harvard Medical School, was initiated in 2008 to generate and distribute a genome-…

[HTML][HTML] An efficient and multiple target transgenic RNAi technique with low toxicity in Drosophila

HH Qiao, F Wang, RG Xu, J Sun, R Zhu, D Mao… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Being relatively simple and practical, Drosophila transgenic RNAi is the technique of top
priority choice to quickly study genes with pleiotropic functions. However, drawbacks have …

Next-generation CRISPR/Cas9 transcriptional activation in Drosophila using flySAM

…, J Zirin, D Yang-Zhou, R Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
CRISPR/Cas9-based transcriptional activation (CRISPRa) has recently emerged as a
powerful and scalable technique for systematic overexpression genetic analysis in Drosophila …

Defining gene networks controlling the maintenance and function of the differentiation niche by an in vivo systematic RNAi screen

Y Gao, Y Mao, RG Xu, R Zhu, M Zhang, J Sun… - Journal of genetics and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the Drosophila ovary, escort cells (ECs) extrinsically control germline stem cell (GSC)
maintenance and progeny differentiation. However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly …

Enhanced Efficiency of flySAM by Optimization of sgRNA Parameters in Drosophila

…, Y Jia, P Peng, D Shen, X Ren, R Zhu… - G3: Genes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The flySAM/CRISPRa system has recently emerged as a powerful tool for gain-of-function
studies in Drosophila melanogaster. This system includes Gal4/UAS-driven dCas9 activators …

HP1c regulates development and gut homeostasis by suppressing Notch signaling through Su (H)

…, X Lu, Y Li, Q Che, L Zheng, P Peng, X Kang, R Zhu… - EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Notch signaling and epigenetic factors are known to play critical roles in regulating tissue
homeostasis in most multicellular organisms, but how Notch signaling coordinates with …

pNP transgenic RNAi system manual in Drosophila

F Wang, HH Qiao, RG Xu, J Sun, R Zhu, D Mao… - Bio-protocol, 2019 - bio-protocol.org
Much of our knowledge about the mechanisms underlying biological processes relies on
genetic approaches, whereby gene activity is reduced and the phenotypic consequences of …

Identification of stemness-related LncRNA signature for predicting the prognosis and therapy response in colorectal cancer

B Ning, R Zhu, Y Xue, Y Cao, H Jia, B Jia - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background: Cancer stem cells (CSC) carry out a vital responsibility throughout the entire
progress of colorectal cancer (CRC), and fulfil an essential biological function. However, …

[HTML][HTML] Combining k-means clustering and random forest to evaluate the gas content of coalbed bed methane reservoirs

J Yu, L Zhu, R Qin, Z Zhang, L Li, T Huang - Geofluids, 2021 - hindawi.com
The accurate calculation of the gas content of coalbed bed methane (CBM) reservoirs is of
great significance. However, due to the weak correlation between the logging response of …

Elimination of trichloroanisoles by UV/H2O2: kinetics, degradation mechanism, water matrix effects and toxicity assessment

H Zhu, R Jia, S Sun, G Feng, M Wang, Q Zhao, X Xin… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The elimination of 2,3,6-trichloroanisole (2,3,6-TCA), which produces a musty-earthy off-odor
in water, by an ultraviolet (UV)/H 2 O 2 process was assessed. The removal of 88.1% of 2,3,…