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Shoukai Kang

University of WashingtonORCID 0000-0002-6685-1858Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:protein design· 2 Assay:protein structure· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Approach:genetic perturbation / CRISPR· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Liangcai GuiD· 2 shared Yuxin PaniD· 2 shared Cara C. BoutteiD· 1 shared Daniel J. WolteriD· 1 shared Davi Nakajima AniD· 1 shared David Vaisar· 1 shared Devanshi R. Patel· 1 shared Frank DiMaioiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJul 31, 2026

A c-di-AMP-controlled glutamine synthesis pathway promotes persistence of Staphylococcus aureus thymidine-dependent small colony variants in the lung

Joshua P. Leeming, Shoukai Kang, Pearl P. Thakkar…·Qing Tang

This study identifies a c-di-AMP-controlled glutamine synthesis pathway critical for survival of Staphylococcus aureus TD-SCVs in the thymidine-limited CF lung.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.30.741254

mousebulk RNA-seq

Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 2, 2026

Linker-Length Landscape Mapping Enables Coupling of Diverse Synthetic Chemically Induced Dimerization Systems to Molecular Readouts

Yuxin Pan, Shoukai Kang, Davi Nakajima An…·Liangcai Gu

The paper introduces a method to map linker-length landscapes for coupling synthetic CID systems to molecular readouts, showing linker length strongly affects coupling efficiency.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.01.735888

protein structureexperimental assay

Synthetic BiologybioRxivPreprintJul 9, 2020

Creating Red Light-Controlled Protein Dimerization Systems as Genetically Encoded Actuators with High Specificity

Zhimin Huang, Zengpeng Li, Xiao Zhang…·Liangcai Gu

The paper introduces a method to create red light-controlled protein dimerization systems with high specificity for optogenetic applications.

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protein structureexperimental assay