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Yifei Du

MRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyORCID 0000-0002-9362-8766Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biochemistry· 1 Bioengineering· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:human· 2 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Assay:multiome· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1

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Philipp Konrad ZuberiD· 2 shared Venki RamakrishnaniD· 2 shared Yuliya GordiyenkoiD· 2 shared Christopher S. FraseriD· 1 shared Dhaval VarshneyiD· 1 shared Huajuan XiaoiD· 1 shared Irene Díaz‐LópeziD· 1 shared Jailson Brito QueridoiD· 1 shared

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Scalable production of immune-silent circular RNAs for efficient protein expression

Xiaodan Liu, Huajuan Xiao, Michael Whitehead, Dhaval Varshney, Yifei Du

This paper develops a scalable method for producing high-purity circular RNAs with minimal immune activation and efficient protein expression.

bioRxiv · Nov 19, 2025 · PreprintBioengineering

Mechanism of translation initiation on endogenous eukaryotic circular RNAs

Philipp Konrad Zuber, Xueyan Li, Yifei Du, Yuliya Gordiyenko, Talal F. M. Haddad, Venki Ramakrishnan

This study investigates translation initiation mechanisms on endogenous eukaryotic circular RNAs, showing that initiation depends on UTRs and specific initiation factors.

bioRxiv · Oct 31, 2025 · PreprintMolecular Biology

Human tumor suppressor protein Pdcd4 binds at the mRNA entry channel in 40S small ribosomal subunit

Jailson Brito Querido, Masaaki Sokabe, Irene Díaz‐López, Yuliya Gordiyenko, Philipp Konrad Zuber, Yifei Du, Lucas Albacete-Albacete, Venki Ramakrishnan, Christopher S. Fraser

This study determines the structure of Pdcd4 bound to the 40S ribosomal subunit, revealing its binding site and mechanism in translational control.

Nature Communications · Aug 8, 2024Peer-reviewedBiochemistry