| Circuit architecture of VTA dopamine neurons revealed by systematic input-output mapping KT Beier, EE Steinberg, KE DeLoach, S Xie, K Miyamichi, L Schwarz, ... Cell 162 (3), 622-634, 2015 | 1196 | 2015 |
| Viral-genetic tracing of the input-output organization of a central noradrenaline circuit LA Schwarz*, K Miyamichi*, XJ Gao, KT Beier, B Weissbourd, ... Nature 524 (7563), 88-92, 2015 | 837 | 2015 |
| Programmable protein circuits in living cells XJ Gao*, LS Chong*, MS Kim, MB Elowitz, * equal contribution Science 361 (6408), 1252-1258, 2018 | 397 | 2018 |
| A versatile in vivo system for directed dissection of gene expression patterns DM Gohl, MA Silies, XJ Gao, S Bhalerao, FJ Luongo, CC Lin, CJ Potter, ... Nature methods 8 (3), 231-237, 2011 | 255 | 2011 |
| Topological organization of ventral tegmental area connectivity revealed by viral-genetic dissection of input-output relations KT Beier, XJ Gao, S Xie, KE DeLoach, RC Malenka, L Luo Cell reports 26 (1), 159-167. e6, 2019 | 141 | 2019 |
| A transcriptional reporter of intracellular Ca2+ in Drosophila XJ Gao^, O Riabinina, J Li, CJ Potter, TR Clandinin^, L Luo^, ... Nature neuroscience 18 (6), 917-925, 2015 | 115 | 2015 |
| Modular, programmable RNA sensing using ADAR editing in living cells KE Kaseniit, N Katz, NS Kolber, CC Call, DL Wengier, WB Cody, ... Nature Biotechnology 41 (4), 482-487, 2023 | 108 | 2023 |
| Cas9-triggered chain ablation of cas9 as a gene drive brake B Wu*, L Luo, XJ Gao*, * equal contribution Nature biotechnology 34 (2), 137, 2016 | 87 | 2016 |
| Protease-controlled secretion and display of intercellular signals AE Vlahos, J Kang, CA Aldrete, R Zhu, LS Chong, MB Elowitz, XJ Gao Nature communications 13 (1), 912, 2022 | 51 | 2022 |
| Specific kinematics and motor-related neurons for aversive chemotaxis in Drosophila XJ Gao, CJ Potter, DM Gohl, M Silies, AY Katsov, TR Clandinin, L Luo Current Biology 23 (13), 1163-1172, 2013 | 34 | 2013 |
| Extremely Sparse Olfactory Inputs Are Sufficient to Mediate Innate Aversion in Drosophila XJ Gao^, TR Clandinin, L Luo, ^ corresponding PLOS ONE 10 (4), e0125986, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| Precision timing in a cell XJ Gao, MB Elowitz Nature 538 (7626), 462-463, 2016 | 14 | 2016 |
| Efficient generation of epitope-targeted de novo antibodies with Germinal LS Mille-Fragoso*^, JN Wang*, CL Driscoll*, H Dai*, TM Widatalla, ... bioRxiv, 2025 | 12 | 2025 |
| Post-transcriptional modular synthetic receptors X Zhang*, LS Mille-Fragoso*, KE Kaseniit, AP Lee, M Zhang, CC Call, ... Nature Chemical Biology, 1-12, 2025 | 9 | 2025 |
| Orthogonalized human protease control of secreted signals CA Aldrete*, CC Call*, LE Sant’Anna, AE Vlahos, J Pei, Q Cong, XJ Gao Nature chemical biology, 1-10, 2025 | 9 | 2025 |
| Protease-Driven Phase Separation of Elastin-Like Polypeptides BM Wirtz, AG Yun, C Wick, XJ Gao, DJ Mai Biomacromolecules 25 (8), 4898-4904, 2024 | 8 | 2024 |
| Perspectives on synthetic protein circuits in mammalian cells CA Aldrete*, C An*, CC Call*, XJ Gao^, AE Vlahos^ Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering 32, 100555, 2024 | 6 | 2024 |
| A complete suite for compact programming of protein secretion AE Vlahos*, CC Call*, N Eckman, SE Kadaba, S Guo, AR Thurm, J Kang, ... bioRxiv, 2023.10. 04.560774, 2023 | 6* | 2023 |
| Programmable protein circuits in living cells X Gao, LS Chong, M Elowitz, MW Budde, MS Kim US Patent 10,899,823, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| Machine-guided dual-objective protein engineering for deimmunization and therapeutic functions E Wolfsberg, JS Paul, J Tycko, B Chen, MC Bassik, L Bintu, AA Alizadeh, ... Cell Systems, 2025 | 5 | 2025 |
Liqun LuoProfessor of Biology, Stanford UniversityVerified email at stanford.edu
