Chunyan Wang, PhD
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Research
Publications
2026
Structural Basis for Bacteriophage P22 Assembly and Infection Initiation
Wang C, Yu H, Park T, Molineux I, Liu J. Structural Basis for Bacteriophage P22 Assembly and Infection Initiation. Journal Of Molecular Biology 2026, 438: 169647. PMID: 41565001, PMCID: PMC12854149, DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2026.169647.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Structural basis of bacteriophage Ur-lambda infection initiation
Yu H, Wang C, Yue J, Guo W, Molineux I, Liu J. Structural basis of bacteriophage Ur-lambda infection initiation. Science Advances 2025, 11: eadw7914. PMID: 41237242, PMCID: PMC12617516, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adw7914.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking GTPase activity
Han W, Peng B, Wang C, Townsend G, Barry N, Peske F, Goodman A, Liu J, Rodnina M, Groisman E. Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking GTPase activity. The EMBO Journal 2022, 42: embj2022112372. PMID: 36472247, PMCID: PMC9841332, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022112372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAn essential periplasmic protein coordinates lipid trafficking and is required for asymmetric polar growth in mycobacteria
Gupta K, Gwin C, Rahlwes K, Biegas K, Wang C, Park J, Liu J, Swarts B, Morita Y, Rego E. An essential periplasmic protein coordinates lipid trafficking and is required for asymmetric polar growth in mycobacteria. ELife 2022, 11: e80395. PMID: 36346214, PMCID: PMC9678360, DOI: 10.7554/elife.80395.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCryo-EM structures of prefusion SIV envelope trimer
Gorman J, Wang C, Mason R, Nazzari A, Welles H, Zhou T, Bess J, Bylund T, Lee M, Tsybovsky Y, Verardi R, Wang S, Yang Y, Zhang B, Rawi R, Keele B, Lifson J, Liu J, Roederer M, Kwong P. Cryo-EM structures of prefusion SIV envelope trimer. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2022, 29: 1080-1091. PMID: 36344847, PMCID: PMC10606957, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00852-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Structural dynamics of bacteriophage P22 infection initiation revealed by cryo-electron tomography
Wang C, Tu J, Liu J, Molineux IJ. Structural dynamics of bacteriophage P22 infection initiation revealed by cryo-electron tomography. Nature Microbiology 2019, 4: 1049-1056. PMID: 30886360, PMCID: PMC6533119, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0403-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Further characterization of Maize chlorotic mottle virus and its synergistic interaction with Sugarcane mosaic virus in maize
Wang Q, Zhang C, Wang C, Qian Y, Li Z, Hong J, Zhou X. Further characterization of Maize chlorotic mottle virus and its synergistic interaction with Sugarcane mosaic virus in maize. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 39960. PMID: 28059116, PMCID: PMC5216416, DOI: 10.1038/srep39960.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Uncoating Mechanism of Carnation Mottle Virus Revealed by Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis
Wang CY, Zhang QF, Gao YZ, Xie L, Li HM, Hong J, Zhang CX. Uncoating Mechanism of Carnation Mottle Virus Revealed by Cryo-EM Single Particle Analysis. Scientific Reports 2015, 5: 14825. PMID: 26442593, PMCID: PMC4595797, DOI: 10.1038/srep14825.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInsight into the three-dimensional structure of maize chlorotic mottle virus revealed by Cryo-EM single particle analysis
Wang CY, Zhang QF, Gao YZ, Zhou XP, Ji G, Huang XJ, Hong J, Zhang CX. Insight into the three-dimensional structure of maize chlorotic mottle virus revealed by Cryo-EM single particle analysis. Virology 2015, 485: 171-178. PMID: 26275511, DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2015.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMorphogenesis of Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane-Invaginated Vesicles during Beet Black Scorch Virus Infection: Role of Auxiliary Replication Protein and New Implications of Three-Dimensional Architecture
Cao X, Jin X, Zhang X, Li Y, Wang C, Wang X, Hong J, Wang X, Li D, Zhang Y. Morphogenesis of Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane-Invaginated Vesicles during Beet Black Scorch Virus Infection: Role of Auxiliary Replication Protein and New Implications of Three-Dimensional Architecture. Journal Of Virology 2015, 89: 6184-6195. PMID: 25833056, PMCID: PMC4474299, DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00401-15.Peer-Reviewed Original Research