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Lanying Zeng

Texas A&M UniversityORCID 0000-0002-8074-5824Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 2 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Assay:multiome· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Lethal permeabilization of host bacteria to small-molecule compounds during phage penetration

Zihao Yu, Chaohua Wu, Harrison R. Lee, Ian Mattingly, Lily Torrans, Ryland F. Young, Lanying Zeng

This study shows that phage-mediated permeabilization of bacterial membranes allows small molecules to enter and kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Nature Communications · Jun 11, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Engineered Proteins Mimic ssRNA Phage to Disrupt Type IV Pili

Addison Frese, Zhihe Zhao, Lanying Zeng

This study identifies phage proteins that induce pilus detachment in Acinetobacter, offering insights into phage infection mechanisms and potential strategies to disrupt bacterial virulence.

bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology

KREH2 helicase represses ND7 mRNA editing in procyclic-stage Trypanosoma brucei by opposite modulation of canonical and moonlighting gRNA utilization creating a proposed mRNA structure

Joshua Meehan, Alasdair C. Ivens, Scott L. Grote, Tyler Rodshagen, Zihao Chen, Cody Goode, Sunil K Sharma, Vikas Kumar, Addison Frese, Zachary Goodall, Laura McCleskey, Rebecca Sechrist, Lanying Zeng, Nicholas Jon Savill, Silvi Rouskin, , Jorge Cruz‐Reyes

The paper identifies KREH2 helicase as a repressor of ND7 mRNA editing in T. brucei by modulating canonical and moonlighting gRNA utilization, revealing its dual role in developmental editing control.

Nucleic Acids Research · Aug 16, 2024Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology