Xiaohua Lu

The paper uses interspecific hybrid embryos to identify EIF1A-family proteins as conserved nuclear regulators of zygotic genome activation across mammals.

The paper introduces R-LARIAT, a red light-induced protein clustering system that inhibits protein functions in HeLa cells by trapping GFP-tagged proteins, demonstrating high efficiency and stability.

The paper identifies a ternary complex involving Panx, dNxf2, and dNxt1 that suppresses transposon expression by inhibiting RNA export.