Publications
Zhang X, Xu XZS. Electroreception: Worms leap to insects for dispersal. Curr Biol. 2023 Jul 24;33(14):R775-R777. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.018. PubMed PMID: 37490866
Zhang X, Liu J, Pan T, Ward A, Liu J, Xu XZS. A cilia-independent function of BBSome mediated by DLK-MAPK signaling in C. elegans photosensation. Dev Cell. 2022 Jun 20;57(12):1545-1557.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.05.005. Epub 2022 May 31. PubMed PMID: 35649417; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9233093.
Iliff AJ, Wang C, Ronan EA, Hake AE, Guo Y, Li X, Zhang X, Zheng M, Liu J, Grosh K, Duncan RK, Xu XZS. The nematode C. elegans senses airborne sound. Neuron. 2021 Nov 17;109(22):3633-3646.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.08.035. Epub 2021 Sep 22. PubMed PMID: 34555314; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8602785.
Zhou Y, Zhang X, Butcher RA. Tryptophan Metabolism in Caenorhabditis elegans Links Aggregation Behavior to Nutritional Status. ACS Chem Biol. 2019 Jan 18;14(1):50-57. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00872. Epub 2018 Dec 26. PubMed PMID: 30586284; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6424607.
Zhou Y, Wang Y, Zhang X, Bhar S, Jones Lipinski RA, Han J, Feng L, Butcher RA. Biosynthetic tailoring of existing ascaroside pheromones alters their biological function in C. elegans. Elife. 2018 Jun 4;7. doi: 10.7554/eLife.33286. PubMed PMID: 29863473; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5986272.
Zhang X, Wang Y, Perez DH, Jones Lipinski RA, Butcher RA. Acyl-CoA Oxidases Fine-Tune the Production of Ascaroside Pheromones with Specific Side Chain Lengths. ACS Chem Biol. 2018 Apr 20;13(4):1048-1056. doi: 10.1021/acschembio.7b01021. Epub 2018 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 29537254.
Greene JS, Brown M, Dobosiewicz M, Ishida IG, Macosko EZ, Zhang X, Butcher RA, Cline DJ, McGrath PT, Bargmann CI. Balancing selection shapes density-dependent foraging behaviour. Nature. 2016 Nov 10;539(7628):254-258. doi: 10.1038/nature19848. Epub 2016 Oct 31. PubMed PMID: 27799655; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5161598.
Zhang X, Li K, Jones RA, Bruner SD, Butcher RA. Structural characterization of acyl-CoA oxidases reveals a direct link between pheromone biosynthesis and metabolic state in Caenorhabditis elegans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Sep 6;113(36):10055-60. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1608262113. Epub 2016 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 27551084; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5018750.
Zhao L, Zhang X, Wei Y, Zhou J, Zhang W, Qin P, Chinta S, Kong X, Liu Y, Yu H, Hu S, Zou Z, Butcher RA, Sun J. Ascarosides coordinate the dispersal of a plant-parasitic nematode with the metamorphosis of its vector beetle. Nat Commun. 2016 Aug 1;7:12341. doi: 10.1038/ncomms12341. PubMed PMID: 27477780; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4974635.
Zhang X, Feng L, Chinta S, Singh P, Wang Y, Nunnery JK, Butcher RA. Acyl-CoA oxidase complexes control the chemical message produced by Caenorhabditis elegans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 31;112(13):3955-60. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1423951112. Epub 2015 Mar 16. PubMed PMID: 25775534; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4386371.
Hollister KA, Conner ES, Zhang X, Spell M, Bernard GM, Patel P, de Carvalho AC, Butcher RA, Ragains JR. Ascaroside activity in Caenorhabditis elegans is highly dependent on chemical structure. Bioorg Med Chem. 2013 Sep 15;21(18):5754-69. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2013.07.018. Epub 2013 Jul 18. PubMed PMID: 23920482; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4469380.
Zhang X, Noguez JH, Zhou Y, Butcher RA. Analysis of ascarosides from Caenorhabditis elegans using mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. Methods Mol Biol. 2013;1068:71-92. doi: 10.1007/978-1-62703-619-1_6. PubMed PMID: 24014355; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3947767.