Jingjing Fu, Yunkun Dang, Christopher Counter, Yi Liu, Codon usage regulates human KRAS expression at both transcriptional and translational levels. Journal of Biological Chemistry (2018) 293: 17929-17940.
Zhipeng Zhou#, Yunkun Dang#*, Mian Zhou, Haiyan Yuan, Yi Liu*, Codon usage biases co-evolve with transcription termination machinery to suppress premature cleavage and polyadenylation. Elife (2018) 7:e33569
Xiao Liu, Yunkun Dang, Toru Matsu-ura, Yubo He, Qun He, Christian I. Hong, Yi Liu, DNA Replication Is Required for Circadian Clock Function by Regulating Rhythmic Nucleosome Composition. Molecular Cell (2017) 67:1-11
Yunkun Dang#, Jiasen Cheng# , Xianyun Sun, Zhipeng Zhou, Yi Liu. Antisense transcription licenses nascent transcripts to be recognized by ERI-1 to mediate transcriptional gene silencing. Genes & Development, (2016) 30:2417-32.
Zhipeng Zhou#, Yunkun Dang#, Mian Zhou, Lin Li, Chien-Hung Yu, Jingjing Fu, She Chen, and Yi Liu. Codon Usage is an Important Determinant of Gene Expression Levels Largely Through its Effects on Transcription. PNAS (2016) E6117-E6125.
Chien-hung Yu#, Yunkun Dang#, Zhipeng Zhou#, Cheng Wu, Fangzhou Zhao, Matthew S. Sashs, Yi Liu. Codon Usage Influences the Local Rate of Translation Elongation to Regulate Co-translational Protein Folding. Molecular Cell (2015) 59:744-54(Cover article,special comment in Trend Biochem Sci (2015) 40:717-8)
Yunkun Dang, Liande Li, Wei Guo, Zhihong Xue, Yi Liu. Convergent transcription induces dynamic DNA methylation at disiRNA loci. PLoS Genetics (2013) 9(9): e1003761
Chang Ying Teng, Yunkun Dang, Jillian C. Danne, Ross F. Waller, Beverley R. Green. Genes of Dinoflagellates Are Transcribed by a Nuclear-Encoded Single-Subunit RNA Polymerase. PLoS One (2013) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065387
Yunkun Dang, Qiuying Yang, Zhihong Xue, Yi Liu. RNA interference in fungi: pathways, functions, and applications. Eukaryotic Cell (2011) 10: 1148-1155
Yunkun Dang, Beverley R. Green, Long transcripts from din...