Yong Lei — Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Area of research

Molecular Biology · Plant Science

Research interest

Research interests include Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Peanut Plant Research Studies, and Pluripotent Stem Cells Research.

Recent publications

The indispensable role of Mediator complex subunit 27 during neurodevelopment

Cell & Bioscience 2025cited by 5position: middledoi

Loss of Dnmt3a Immortalizes Hematopoietic Stem Cells In Vivo

Cell Reports 2018cited by 262position: middledoi

Homeobox oncogene activation by pan-cancer DNA hypermethylation

Genome biology 2018cited by 132position: middledoi

Targeted DNA methylation in vivo using an engineered dCas9-MQ1 fusion protein

Nature Communications 2017cited by 218position: firstdoi

DNA epigenome editing using CRISPR-Cas SunTag-directed DNMT3A

Genome biology 2017cited by 210position: middledoi

DNMT3A and TET2 compete and cooperate to repress lineage-specific transcription factors in hematopoietic stem cells

Nature Genetics 2016cited by 260position: middledoi

Grants

No grants ingested yet.

Frequent collaborators

Margaret A. Goodell · Baylor College of Medicine5 papers (2016–2018)Wei Li · Harbin Medical University5 papers (2016–2018)Yung‐Hsin Huang · Chang Gung Memorial Hospital4 papers (2016–2018)Jianzhong Su · North China University of Technology4 papers (2016–2018)Mira Jeong · Baylor College of Medicine4 papers (2016–2018)Xiaotian Zhang · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center3 papers (2016–2017)Anna Guzman · Baylor College of Medicine2 papers (2016–2018)Hyun Jung Park · Naval Aerospace Medical Institute2 papers (2016–2018)Michael C. Gundry · Broad Institute2 papers (2017–2017)Yeojin Lee · Columbia University1 papers (2018–2018)Shen Gu · Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China1 papers (2025–2025)Xueqiu Lin · Fred Hutch Cancer Center1 papers (2018–2018)Grant A. Challen · Saint Louis University1 papers (2018–2018)Blanca Rodríguez · Universidad de Oviedo1 papers (2018–2018)Yubin Zhou · UCLA Health1 papers (2017–2017)Lorenzo Brunetti · Baylor College of Medicine1 papers (2017–2017)Anjana Rao · La Jolla Institute for Immunology1 papers (2016–2016)Jianfeng Xu · Gansu Agricultural University1 papers (2018–2018)Xinyu Wang · Jiangsu University1 papers (2018–2018)Xiaotian Zhang · Renji Hospital1 papers (2018–2018)

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