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Ruanbao Zhou

South Dakota State UniversityORCID 0000-0001-9073-999XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Molecular Biology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1

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Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Research Focus:protein structure prediction· 1

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James S. YoungiD· 3 shared Dillon Nelson· 2 shared Liping Gu· 2 shared Taufiq NawaziD· 2 shared Dheeraj RayaiD· 1 shared Etienne Z. GnimpiébaiD· 1 shared Huilan ZhuiD· 1 shared Jaimie Gibbons· 1 shared

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintOct 12, 2026

Predicting cyanobacterial oxic diazotrophy and prioritizing candidate protein families beyond known Nif proteins

James S. Young, Shiva Aryal, Dillon Nelson…·Ruanbao Zhou

The paper predicts cyanobacterial diazotrophy using protein-family content and prioritizes candidate protein families for experimental validation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.10.11.758377

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintJun 10, 2026

Nitrogen-Responsive Extracellular Proteomics Reveals Evidence for a Novel Heterocyst-Specific Protein Secretion Pathway in Anabaena

Taufiq Nawaz, Ping He, Liping Gu…·Ruanbao Zhou

This paper identifies a novel heterocyst-specific protein secretion pathway in Anabaena by analyzing nitrogen-responsive extracellular proteomes under different nitrogen conditions.

1 citation

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintMay 26, 2026

Nitrosomes: protein language modeling and live-cell imaging reveal condensate-like nitrogenase organization in heterocysts

James Young, Shengni Tian, Liping Gu…·Ruanbao Zhou

The paper uses live-cell imaging and a homology-aware framework to identify nitrogenase organization in heterocysts and prioritize cyanobacterial condensate candidates.

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