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Lihua Ma

Rice UniversityPrimary ORCID profile (0000-0002-6202-6703 · 3 papers)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Lihua MaiD3 papers · Baylor College of Medicine

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Organism:E. coli· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:protein design· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Chia-Yu Ho· 1 shared Diana Barr· 1 shared George J. LuiD· 1 shared Sumin JeongiD· 1 shared Zongru LiiD· 1 shared

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Temporal gene regulation enables controlled expression of gas vesicles and preserves bacterial viability

Zongru Li, Chia-Yu Ho, Diana Barr, Sumin Jeong, Lihua Ma, George J. Lu

The paper develops a dual-inducer system to control gas vesicle expression in E. coli, preventing cell lysis and maintaining viability while enabling GV production.

Nature Communications · Dec 23, 2025Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology