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  1. Bin Jiang, Lei Gao, Haijun Wang, Yaping Sun, Xiaolin Zhang, Han Ke, Shengchao Liu, Pengchen Ma, Qinggang Liao, Yue Wang, Huan Wang, Yugeng Liu, Ran Du,, Torben Rogge, Wei Li, Yi Shang, K. N. Houk, Xingyao Xiong, Daoxin Xie, Sanwen Huang, Xiaoguang Lei*, Jianbin Yan* "Characterization and heterologous reconstitution of Taxus biosynthetic enzymes leading to baccatin III Science, 2024, 383(6683),  622629
  2. Chen, PeiqiLi, Qiang*Lei, Xiaoguang*Review of the impact of fragment-based drug design on PROTAC degrader discoveryTrends in Analytical Chemistry, 2024, 171, 117539
  3. Gao, YihuiMa, MingzheLi, Wenyang*Lei, Xiaoguang*Chemoproteomics, A Broad Avenue to Target Deconvolution.Advanced Science, 2024, 11(8), 2305608
  4. Jun Yang, Kai Liang, Han Ke, Yuebin Zhang, Qian Meng, Lei Gao, Junping Fan, Guohui Li, Hu Zhou, Junyu Xiao*, and Xiaoguang Lei *"Enzymatic Degradation of Deoxynivalenol with the Engineered Detoxification Enzyme Fhb7JACS Au Article ASAP
  5. Xiao, Fan,Sun, Mengze,Zhang, Liyun,Lei, Xiaoguang*”Investigation of Peptide Labeling with ortho-Phthalaldehyde and 2-Acylbenzaldehyde”Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2023
  6. Qixuan Wang, Fusheng Guo, Jin Wang and Xiaoguang Lei*“Divergent total syntheses of ITHQ-type bis-bcarboline alkaloids by regio-selective formal aza-[4+ 2] cycloaddition and late-stage C–H functionalization”Chemical Science 14,  37,  10353 - 1035913
  7. Kai Wang, Zhiwei Zhang, Jing Hang, Jia Liu, Fusheng Guo, Yong Ding, Meng Li, Qixing Nie,Jun Lin, Yingying Zhuo, Lulu Sun, Xi Luo, Qihang Zhong, Chuan Ye, Chuyu Yun, Yi Zhang, Jue Wang,Rui Bao, Yanli Pang, Guang Wang*, Frank J. Gonzalez*, Xiaoguang Lei*, Jie Qiao*, Changtao Jiang*”Microbial-host-isozyme analyses reveal microbial DPP4 as a potential antidiabetic target”Science, 2023, 381(6657), eadd5787
  8. Sanshan Wang, Kaiqi Chen, Fusheng Guo, Wenneng Zhu, Chendi Liu, Haoran Dong, Jin-Quan Yu,*and Xiaoguang Lei*“C−H Glycosylation of Native Carboxylic Acids: Discovery of Antidiabetic SGLT‑2 Inhibitors”ACS Central Science, 2023, 9(6),  1129–1139
  9. Jin Wang, Han Ke, Jun Yang, Nianxin Guo, Kangdelong Hu, Ruyao Tang,Qi Ding, Lei Gao*and Xiaoguang Lei*“Diversity-oriented synthesis of cyclohexenes by combining enzymatic intermolecular DielsAlder reactions and decarboxylative functionalizations”Chem Catalysis, 2023, 3(1), 100451
  10. Shijia Yuan, Lisha Xia, Chenxi Wang,Fan Wu, Bingjie Zhang, Chen Pan, Zhiran Fan, Xiaoguang Lei, Raymond C. Stevens, Andrej Sali, Liping Sun,* and Wenqing Shui* “Conformational Dynamics of the Activated GLP‑1 Receptor‑Gs Complex Revealed by Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry and Integrative Structure Modeling”ACS Cent. Sci. 2023, 9, 5992−1007
  11. Haoran Dong, Dachao Hu, Benke Hong, Jin Wang, and Xiaoguang Lei*“Total Synthesis of Diverse Tetramic Acid Bearing cis-Decalin Natural Products”Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023,62. e202301872
  12. Yuyue Qin , Linhu Zou , Xiaoguang Lei , Jiewei Su, Rixiu Yang , Wanjuan Xie ,Wanshan Li ,*, Guangying Chen *OSMAC strategy integrated with molecular networking discovery peniciacetals A��� I, nine new meroterpenoids from the mangrove-derived fungus Penicillium sp. HLLG-122Bioorganic ChemistryVolume 130, January 2023, 106271
  13. Junping Fan, Linghan Hu, Zongwei Yue, Daohong Liao, Fusheng Guo, Han Ke, Daohua Jiang*, Yong Yang* & Xiaoguang Lei*“Structural basis of TRPV3 inhibition by an antagonist”Nature Chemical Biology volume 19, pages81–90 (2023)
  14. Jin Wang, Han Ke, Jun Yang, Nianxin Guo, Kangdelong Hu, Ruyao Tang, Qi Ding, Lei Gao,* Xiaoguang Lei* “Diversity-oriented synthesis of cyclohexenes by combining enzymatic intermolecular Diels- Alder reactions and decarboxylative functionalizations” Chem Catal. 2023 3, 1–12
  15. Junping FanLinghan HuZongwei YueDaohong LiaoFusheng GuoHan KeDaohua Jiang*, Yong Yang*, Xiaoguang Lei*  “Structural basis of TRPV3 inhibition by an antagonist” Nature Chem. Biol. 2023, DOI: 10.1038/s41589-022-01166-5
  16. Yuyue QinLinhu ZouXiaoguang LeiJiewei SuRixiu YangWanjuan XieWanshan LiGuangying Chen* “OSMAC strategy integrated with molecular networking discovery peniciacetals A-I, nine new meroterpenoids from the mangrove-derived fungus Penicillium sp. HLLG-122” Bioorg. Chem. 2023, 130, 106271
  17. Qihang Zhong, Honglei Chu, Guopeng Wang, Cheng Zhang, Rong Li, Fusheng Guo, Xinlu Meng, Xiaoguang Lei, Youli Zhou, Ruobing Ren, Lin Tao, Ningning Li, Ning Gao, Yuan Wei*, Jie Qiao*, Jing Hang* “Structural insights into the covalent regulation of PAPP-A activity by proMBP and STC2” Cell Discovery, 2022, 8, 137
  18. Fusheng Guo, Kaiqi Chen, Haoran Dong, Dachao Hu, Yihui Gao, Chendi Liu, Surat Laphookhieo, Xiaoguang Lei* “Biomimetic Total Synthesis and the Biological Evaluation of Natural Product (−)-Fargesone A as a Novel FXR Agonist” JACS Au 2022, DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00600
  19. Fusheng Guo, Yihui Gao, Xiaobao Li*, Xiaoguang Lei* “Natural Product 2-Oxokolavenol Is a Novel FXR Agonist” Molecules 2022, 27, 8968
  20. Yongqing Yang*, Xiaohui LiuXin WangWanjia LvXiao LiuLiang MaHaiqi FuShu SongXiaoguang Lei* “Screening of protonstatin-1 (PS-1) analogs for improved inhibitors of plant plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity” Front. Plant Sci. 2022, 13, 973471
  21. Yingjie BaiTianhu ZhaoMengyu GaoYuanqiang ZouXiaoguang Lei* “A Novel Gene Alignment in Dorea sp. AM58-8 Produces 7-Dehydroxy-3β Bile Acids from Primary Bile Acids” Biochemistry 2022, 61, 2870-2878
  22. Mengyue DengYue LiYulu LiXiaolan MaoHan Ke , Weiling Liang , Xiaoguang LeiYu-Lung LauHuawei Mao* “A Novel STAT3 Gain-of-Function Mutation in Fatal Infancy-Onset Interstitial Lung Disease” Front. Immunol. 2022,13, 866638
  23. Biwei LiuShentian ZhuangRunze TianYuan LiuYanqi WangXiaoguang Lei*Chu Wang* “Chemoproteomic Profiling Reveals the Mechanism of Bile Acid Tolerance in Bacteria” ACS Chem. Biol. 2022, 17, 2461-2470
  24. Dongshan Wu, Xiaoguang Lei* “Enzymatic cascade reactions for the efficient synthesis of natural products” Tetrahedron 2022, 127, 133099
  25. Mengze Sun, Fang Yuan, Yuliang Tang, Peng Zou*, Xiaoguang Lei* “Subcellular Interactomes Revealed by Merging APEX with Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry” Anal. Chem. 2022, 94, 14878-14888.
  26. Ruiyu Xiang, Linghan Hu, Siyuan Li, Ziyu Wei, Zhongya Song, Zhiming Chen, Yihe Liu, Juan Liu, Xiaoguang Lei, Yong Yang* “Tiamulin inhibits TNF-α and alleviates psoriasis-like dermatitis” J. Dermatol. Sci. 2022, 107, 32-40
  27. Yange Niu, Wenhao Cui, Rui Liu, Sanshan Wang, Han Ke, Xiaoguang Lei, Lei Chen* “Structural mechanism of SGLT1 inhibitors” Nature  Commun. 2022, 13, 6440
  28. Wenyang Li, Jue Wang, Ruqi Liang, Xiaoguang Lei* “Perturbation of biological processes with small molecule kinase inhibitors” Current Opinion in Chemical Biology 2022, 70, 102185
  29. Lei Gao, Jun Yang, Xiaoguang Lei* “Enzymatic intermolecular Diels-Alder reactions in synthesis: From nature to design” Tetrahedron Chem 2022, 2, 100013
  30. Jianyong Du, Lixia Zheng, Peng Gao, Hang Yang, Wan-Jie Yang, Fusheng Guo, Ruqi Liang, Mengying Feng, Zihao Wang, Zongwang Zhang, Linlu Bai, Ye Bu, Shijia Xing, Wen Zheng, Xuelian Wang, Li Quan, Xinli Hu, Haosen Wu, Zhixing Chen, Liangyi Chen, Ke Wei, Zhe Zhang, Xiaojun Zhu, Xiaolin Zhang, Qiang Tu, Shi-Min Zhao*, Xiaoguang Lei*, Jing-Wei Xiong* “A small-molecule cocktail promotes mammalian cardiomyocyte proliferation and heart regeneration” Cell Stem Cell 2022, 29, 545-558
  31. Junxia Zhang, Ruqi Liang, Kai Wang, Wenjia Zhang, Mao Zhang, Li Jin, Peng Xie, Wen Zheng, Haibao Shang, Qingmei Hu, Jiayi Li, Gengjia Chen, Fujian Wu, Feng Lan, Lipeng Wang, Shi-Qiang Wang, Yongfeng Li, Yong Zhang, Jinghao Liu, Fengxiang Lv, Xinli Hu, Rui-Ping Xiao, Xiaoguang Lei*, Yan Zhang* “Hesperadin Is a Novel CaMKII-δ Inhibitor and Exerts Dual Functions to Both Protect Cardiac Ischemia/reperfusion Injury and Inhibit Tumor Growth” Circulation 2022, 145, 1154-1168
  32. Jun Zhang, Daohong Liao, Rongchang Chen, Fangfang Zhu, Yaqing Ma, Lei Gao, Ge Qu, Chengsen Cui, Zhoutong Sun*, Xiaoguang Lei*, Shu-Shan Gao* “Tuning an Imine Reductase for the Asymmetric Synthesis of Azacycloalkylamines by Concise Structure-Guided Engineering” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202201908.
  33. Zongwei Yue, Fan Wu, Fusheng Guo, Jiyeong Park, Jin Wang, Liyun Zhang, Daohong Liao, Wenyang Li, Orlando D Schärer, Xiaoguang Lei* “Polycarcin V induces DNA damage response and enables the profiling of DNA-binding proteins” National Science Review 2022, DOI: 10.1093/nsr/nwac046
  34. Yongqing Yang*, Xiaohui Liu, Wei Guo, Wei Liu, Wei Shao, Jun Zhao, Junhong Li, Qing Dong, Liang Ma, Qun He, Yingzhang Li, Jianyong Han, Xiaoguang Lei* “Testing the polar auxin transport model with a selective plasma membrane H + -ATPase inhibitor” J. Integr. Plant Biol. 2022, 64, 1229-1245
  35. Tiantian Wei, Jue Wang, Ruqi Liang, Wendong Chen, An He, Yifei Du, Wenjing Zhou, Zhiying Zhang, Mingzhe Ma, Jin Lu, Xing Guo, Xiaowei Chen, Youjun Wang, Ruijun Tian*, Junyu Xiao*, Xiaoguang Lei* “Selective inhibition reveals the regulatory function of DYRK2 in protein synthesis and calcium entry” eLife 2022, 11: e77696
  36. Xueping Wang, Victor Tomilin, Merve Ertem, Abigail McKernan, Xiaoguang Lei, Oleh Pochynyuk, Ossama B Kashlan* “Bile acids regulate the epithelial Na+ channel in native tissues through direct binding at multiple sites” J. Physiol. 2022, 600, 4695-4711.
  37. Jian-Hua Wang, Yu-Liang Tan, Rohit Jain, Fan Xiao, Zhou Gong, Yu Zhou, Dan Tan, Qiang Li, Xu Dong, C. Robert Matthews, Shu-Qun Liu, Niu Huang, Keqiong Ye, Chun Tang*, Meng-Qiu Dong*, Xiaoguang Lei* “Characterization of protein unfolding by fast cross-linking mass spectrometry using di-ortho-phthalaldehyde cross-linkers” Nature Communications 2022, 13, 1468
  38. Bai J, Guo F, Li M, Li Y*, Lei X* “Click-based amplification: designed to facilitate various target labelling modes with ultralow background amplification” RSC Chem. Biol. 2021, 2, 906-916.
  39. Yang Y, Han X, Ma L, Wu Y, Liu X, Fu H, Liu G, Lei X*, Guo Y* “Dynamic changes of phosphatidylinositol and phosphatidylinositol 4-phosphate levels modulate H+-ATPase and Na+/H+ antiporter activities to maintain ion homeostasis in Arabidopsis under salt stress” Mol. Plant. 2021, 14, 2000-2014
  40. Ma G, Wang S, Wu K, Zhang W, Ahmad A, Hao Q*, Lei X*, Zhang H* “Structure-guided optimization of D-captopril for discovery of potent NDM-1 inhibitors” Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2021 29, 115902
  41. Bai Y, Zhang L, Lei X* “Human Endogenous Natural Products” Prog. Chem. Org. Nat. Prod. 2021, 114, 313-337.
  42. Sun DE, Fan X, Shi Y, Zhang H, Huang Z, Cheng B, Tang Q, Li W, Zhu Y, Bai J, Liu W, Li Y, Wang X, Lei X, Chen X.* “Click-ExM enables expansion microscopy for all biomolecules” Nature Methods 2021, 18, 107-113.
  43. Lei Gao, Yike Zou, Xiaojing Liu, Jun Yang, Xiaoxia Du, Jin Wang, Xinshui Yu, Junping Fan, Mingxuan Jiang, Yuli Li, K. N. Houk*, Xiaoguang Lei* “Enzymatic control of endo and exo stereoselective Diels-Alder reactions with broad substrate scope” Nature Catalysis 2021, 4, 1059-1069
  44. Lei Gao*, Xiaoguang Lei* “Biosynthetic Intermediate Probes for Visualizing and Identifying the Biosynthetic Enzymes of Plant Metabolites” ChemBioChem 2021, 22, 982-984
  45. Weilong Liu, Benke Hong, Jin Wang, Xiaoguang Lei* “New Strategies in the Efficient Total Syntheses of Polycyclic Natural Products” Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 2569–2586
  46. Tianhu Zhao, Jian Zhang, Xiaowan Han, Jun Yang, Xin Wang, Maarten Vercruysse, Hai-Yu Hu*, Xiaoguang Lei* “A Pseudopaline Fluorescent Probe for the Selective Detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosaCCS Chemistry 2020, 2, 2405-2417
  47. Xiaojing Liu, Jun Yang, Lei Gao, Liyun Zhang, Xiaoguang Lei* “Chemoenzymatic Total Syntheses of Artonin I with an Intermolecular Diels–Alderase” Biotechnol. J. 2020, 15, 2000119
  48. Weilong Liu, Zongwei Yue, Zhen Wang, Houhua Li, Xiaoguang Lei* “Syntheses of Skeletally Diverse Tetracyclic Isodon Diterpenoid Scaffolds Guided by Dienyne Radical Cyclization Logic” Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 7991-7996
  49. Puzhong Lu, Rui Liu, Di Lu, Yue Xu, Xueyi Yang, Zheng Jiang, Chun Yang, Li Yu*, Xiaoguang Lei*, Yang Chen* “Chemical screening identifies ROCK1 as a regulator of migrasome formation” Cell Discovery 2020, 6, 51
  50. Lei Gao, Cong Su, Xiaoxia Du, Ruishan Wang, Shuming Chen, Yu Zhou, Chengwei Liu, Xiaojing Liu, Runze Tian, Liyun Zhang, Kebo Xie, She Chen, Qianqian Guo, Lanping Guo, Yoshio Hano, Manabu Shimazaki, Atsushi Minami, Hideaki Oikawa, Niu Huang, K. N. Houk, Luqi Huang*, Jungui Dai*, Xiaoguang Lei* "FAD-dependent Enzyme-Catalysed Intermolecular [4+2] Cycloaddition in Natural Product Biosynthesis" Nature Chemistry, 2020, 12, 620-628
  51. Qianqian Guo, Dongshan Wu, Lei Gao, Yingjie Bai, Yuan Liu, Nianxin Guo, Xiaoming Wang, Xiaoguang Lei* “Identification of the AMA synthase from the aspergillomarasmine A biosynthesis and evaluation of its biocatalytic potential” ACS Catalysis, 2020, 10, 6291-6298
  52. Wu, F.; Zhang, J.; Song, F.; Wang, S.; Guo, H.; Wei, .; Dai, H.; Chen, X.; Xia, X.; Liu, X.; Zhang, L.; Yu, J.-Q.; Lei, X.* Chrysomycin A Derivatives for the Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 928-938
  53. Wang W, Yang J, Zhang J, Liu YX, Tian C, Qu B, Gao C, Xin P, Cheng S, Zhang W, Miao P, Li L, Zhang X, Chu J, Zuo J, Li J, Bai Y, Lei X,* Zhou JM* “An Arabidopsis Secondary Metabolite Directly Targets Expression of the Bacterial Type III Secretion System to Inhibit Bacterial Virulence” Cell Host & Microbe 2020, 27, 601–613
  54. Hong, B.; Luo, T.; Lei, X.* “Late-Stage Diversification of Natural Products” ACS Cent. Sci. 2020, 6, 622-635
  55. Bai, Y.; Lam, H.C.; Lei, X.* “Dissecting Programmed Cell Death with Small Molecules” Acc. Chem. Res. 2020, 53, 1034-1045
  56. Liu Q, Yu J, Wang L, Tang Y, Zhou Q, Ji S, Wang Y, Santos L, Haeusler RA, Que J, Rajbhandari P, Lei X, Valenti L, Pajvani UB,* Qin J,* Qiang L.* “Inhibition of PU.1 ameliorates metabolic dysfunction and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis” J. Hepatol. 2020, 73, 361-370
  57. Zhang X, Zhang SQ, Li Q, Xiao F, Yue Z, Hong X,* Lei X.* “Computation-Guided Development of the "Click" ortho-Quinone Methide Cycloaddition With Improved Kinetics” Org Lett. 2020, 22, 2920-2924
  58. Wang J, Hong B, Hu D, Kadonaga Y, Tang R, Lei X.* Protecting-Group-Free Syntheses of ent-Kaurane Diterpenoids: [3+2+1] Cycloaddition/Cycloalkenylation Approach. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 2238-2243.
  59. Meesakul P, Jaidee W, Richardson C, Andersen RJ, Patrick BO, Willis AC, Muanprasat C, Wang J, Lei X, Hadsadee S, Jungsuttiwong S, Pyne SG, Laphookhieo S.* “Styryllactones from Goniothalamus tamirensis” Phytochemistry 2020, 71, 112248
  60. Zongwei Yue, Hiu C. Lam, Kaiqi Chen, Ittipon Siridechakorn, Yaxi Liu, Khanitha Pudhom, Xiaoguang Lei* “Biomimetic synthesis of rhytidenone A and elucidation of mode of action of the cytotoxic rhytidenone F” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.  2020, 59, 4115-4120
  61. Lisha Xia, Ziliang Ma, Jiahui Tong, Yuliang Tang, Shanshan Li, Shanshan Qin, Ronghui Lou, Suwen Zhao, Xiaoguang Lei*, Wenqing Shui* “Evaluation of chemical cross-linkers for in-depth structural analysis of G protein-coupled receptors through cross-linking mass spectrometry.” Analytica Chimica Acta 2019, 1102, 53-62
  62. Sourav Banerjee, Tiantian Wei, Jue Wang, Jenna J. Lee, Haydee L. Gutierrez, Owen Chapman, Sandra E. Wiley, Joshua E. Mayfield, Vasudha Tandon, Edwin F. Juarez, Lukas Chavez, Ruqi Liang, Robert L. Sah, Caitlin Costello, Jill P. Mesirov, Laureano de la Vega, Kimberly L. Cooper, Jack E. Dixon*, Junyu Xiao*, and Xiaoguang Lei* “Inhibition of dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 2 perturbs 26S proteasome-addicted neoplastic progression” Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 2019, 116, 24881-24891
  63. Jeffrey S. McFarlane, Jian Zhang, Sanshan Wang, Xiaoguang Lei, Graham R. Moran, and Audrey L. Lamb* “Staphylopine and pseudopaline dehydrogenase from bacterial pathogens catalyze reversible reactions and produce stereospecific metallophores” J. Biol. Chem. 2019, 294, 17988-18001
  64. Huasheng Yu, Tianjun Zhao, Simin Liu, Qinxue Wu, Omar Johnson, Zhaofa Wu, Zihao Zhuang, Yaocheng Shi, Luxin Peng, Renxi He, Yong Yang, Jianjun Sun, Xiaoqun Wang, Haifeng Xu, Zheng Zeng, Peng Zou, Xiaoguang Lei, Wenqin Luo*, Yulong Li* “MRGPRX4 is a bile acid receptor for human cholestatic itch” eLife 2019, 8, e48431
  65. Alexander X. Jones, Yong Cao, Yu-Liang Tang, Jian-Hua Wang, Yue-He Ding, Hui Tan, Zhen-Lin Chen, Run-Qian Fang, Jili Yin, Rong-Chang Chen, Xing Zhu, Yang She, Niu Huang, Feng Shao , Keqiong Ye , Rui-Xiang Sun, Si-Min He , Xiaoguang Lei* & Meng-Qiu Dong* “Improving mass spectrometry analysis of protein structures with arginine-selective chemical cross-linker” Nature Comm. 2019, 10, 3911
  66. Jian Zhang, Tianhu Zhao, Rongwen Yang, Ittipon Siridechakorn, Sanshan Wang, Qianqian Guo, Yingjie Bai, Hong C. Shen, Xiaoguang Lei* De novo synthesis, structural assignment and biological evaluation of pseudopaline, a metallophore produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosaChem. Sci. 2019, 10, 6635-6641
  67. Yaocheng Shi, Zhi Xu, Renxiang Tan, Xiaoguang Lei* “Divergent Total Synthesis of Chaetoglines C to F” J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84, 8766-8770
  68. Benke Hong, Weilong Liu, Jin Wang, Jinbao Wu, Yuichiro Kadonaga, Pei-Jun Cai, Hong-Xiang Lou, Zhixiang Yu, Houhua Li*, Xiaoguang Lei* “Photoinduced Skeletal Rearrangements Reveal Radical-Mediated Synthesis of Terpenoids” Chem 2019, 6,1671-1681 (Featured Article)
  69. Jinbao Wu, Yuichiro Kadonaga, Benke Hong, Jin Wang, Xiaoguang Lei* “Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (+)-Jungermatrobrunin A” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2019, 58, 10879-10883
  70. Tianhu Zhao, Jian Zhang, Maomao Tang, Luyan Z. Ma*, Xiaoguang Lei* “Development of an Effective Fluorescence Probe for Discovery of Aminopeptidase Inhibitors to Suppress Biofilm Formation” J. Antibiot. 201972461-468
  71. Chen, K.; Lei, X.* Recent applications of C-H functionalization in complex molecule synthesis. Curr. Opin. Green Sustain. Chem. 2018, 11, 9-14
  72. Wu F, Zhang J, Shang E, Zhang J, Li X, Zhu B, Lei X.* “Synthesis and Evaluation of a New Type of Small Molecule Epigenetic Modulator Containing Imidazo[1,2-b][1,2,4]triazole Motif”  Front Chem. 2018, 6, 642
  73. Wang X, Du C, Hong B, Lei X.* Total synthesis of (±)-antroquinonol”. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, 17, 1754-1757.
  74. Xiao F, Zhang X, Lei X.* Recent Developments and Applications of Photoconjugation Chemistry”. Chimia 2018, 72, 782-790
  75. Zhu H, Zhang L, Wu Y, Dong B, Guo W, Wang M, Yang L, Fan X, Tang Y, Liu N, Lei X, Wu H.* T-ALL leukemia stem cell 'stemness' is epigenetically controlled by the master regulator SPI1”. elife 2018, e38314
  76. Ye, Z.; Zhang, X.; Zhu, Y.; Song, T.; Chen, X.; Lei, X.*; Wang, X.* “Chemoproteomic Profiling Reveals Ethacrynic Acid Targets Adenine Nucleotide Translocases to Impair Mitochondrial Function” Mol. Pharm. 2018, 15, 2413-2422
  77. Dong Q, Li X, Wang CZ, Xu S, Yuan G, Shao W, Liu B, Zheng Y, Wang H, Lei X, Zhang Z, Zhu B.* Roles of the CSE1L-mediated nuclear import pathway in epigenetic silencing Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018, 115, E4013-E4022
  78. Ozaki T, Shinde SS, Gao L, Okuizumi R, Liu C, Ogasawara Y, Lei X, Dairi T, Minami A, Oikawa H.* “Enzymatic formation of a skipped methyl-substituted octaprenyl side chain of longestin (KS-505a): Involvement of homo-IPP as a common extender unit” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6629-6632
  79. Li X, Shang E, Dong Q, Li Y, Zhang J, Xu S, Zhao Z, Shao W, Lv C, Zheng Y, Wang H, Lei X, Zhu B,* Zhang Z.* “Small molecules capable of activating DNA methylation-repressed genes targeted by the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway” J. Biol. Chem. 2018, 293, 7423-7436
  80. Gubu, A.; Li, L.; Ning, Y.; Zhang, X.; Lee, S.; Feng, M.; Li, Q.; Lei, X.; Jo, K.; Tang, X.* “Bioorthogonal Metabolic DNA Labelling using Vinyl Thioether-Modified Thymidine and o-Quinolinone Quinone Methide” Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 5895-5900
  81. Yue, Z.; Xiao, X.; Wu, J.; Zhou, X.; Liu, W.; Liu, Y.; Li, H.; Chen, G.; Wu, Y.*; Lei, X.* ent-Jungermannenone C Triggers Reactive Oxygen Species-Dependent Cell Differentiation in Leukemia Cells” J. Nat. Prod. 2018, 81, 298-306
  82. Zhang, X.; Wang, J.; Tan, D.; Li, Q.; Li, M.; Gong, Z.; Tang, C.; Liu, Z.; Dong, W.*; Lei, X.* “Carboxylate-Selective Chemical Cross-Linkers for Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Protein Structures” Anal. Chem. 2018, 90, 1195-1201
  83. Li, H.; Lei, X.* Fawcettimine-Type Lycopodium Alkaloids as a Driving Force for Discoveries in Organic SynthesisChem. Rec. 2018, 18, 543-554
  84. Narita, K.; Sato, H.; Minami, A.; Kudo, K.; Gao, L.; Liu, C.; Ozaki, T.; Kodama, M.; Lei, X.; Taniguchi, T.; Monde, K.; Yamazaki, M.; Uchiyama, M.; Oikawa, H.* “Focused Genome Mining of Structurally Related Sesterterpenes: Enzymatic Formation of Enantiomeric and Diastereomeric ProductsOrg. Lett. 2017, 19, 6696-6699.
  85. Zhang, J.; Wang, S.; Bai, Y.; Guo, Q.; Zhou, J.; Lei, X.* “Total Syntheses of Natural Metallophores Staphylopine and Aspergillomarasmine A” J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 13643-13648.
  86. Zhang, J.; Wang, S.; Wei, Q.; Guo, Q.; Bai, Y.; Yang, S.; Song, F.; Zhang, L.; Lei, X.* Synthesis and biological evaluation of Aspergillomarasmine A derivatives as novel NDM-1 inhibitor to overcome antibiotics resistance.Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2017, 25, 5133-5141.
  87. Han, X.; Yang, Y.; Wu, Y.; Liu, X.; Lei, X.*; Guo, Y.* “A bioassay-guided fractionation system to identify endogenous small molecules that activate plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity in Arabidopsis.” J. Exp. Bot. 2017, 68, 2951-2962.
  88. Hong, B.; Hu, D.; Wu, J.; Zhang, J.; Li, H.; Pan, Y.; Lei, X.* “Divergent Total Syntheses of (-)-Huperzine Q, (+)-Lycopladine B, (+)-Lycopladine C and (-)-epi-Lycopladine D” Chem. Asian J. 2017, 12, 1557-1567. (VIP paper)
  89. Zhuang, S.; Li, Q.; Cai, L.; Wang, C.*; Lei, X.* “Chemoproteomic Profiling of Bile Acid Interacting Proteins” ACS Cent. Sci. 2017, 3, 501-509.
  90. Jones, A.; Zhang, X.; Lei, X.* “Covalent Probe Finds Carboxylic Acid” Cell Chem. Biol. 2017, 24, 537-538.
  91. Ren, Y.; Su, Y.; Su, L.; He, S.; Meng, L.; Liao, D.; Liu, X.; Ma, Y.; Liu, C.; Li, S.; Ruan, H.; Lei, X.; Wang, X.*; Zhang, Z.* “Discovery of a Highly Potent, Selective, and Metabolically Stable Inhibitor of Receptor-Interacting Protein 1 (RIP1) for the Treatment of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome” J. Med. Chem. 2017, 60, 972-986.
  92. Siridechakorn, I.; Yue, Z.; Mittraphab, Y.; Lei, X.Pudhom, K.* “Identification of spirobisnaphthalene derivatives with anti-tumor activities from the endophytic fungus Rhytidhysteron rufulum AS21B” Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2017, 25, 2878-2882.
  93. Liu, X.; Dong, T.; Zhou, Y.; Huang, N.; Lei, X.* “Exploring the Binding Proteins of Glycolipids with Bifunctional Chemical Probes” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 14330-14334. 
  94. Tan, D.; Li, Q.; Zhang, M.; Liu, C.; Ma, C.; Zhang, P.; Ding, Y.; Fan, S.; Tao, L.; Yang, B.; Li, X.; Ma, S.; Liu, J.; Feng, B.; Liu, X.; Wang, H.; He, S.; Gao, N.; Ye, K.; Dong, M.*; Lei, X.* “Trifunctional Cross-Linker for Mapping  Protein-Protein Interaction Networks and Comparing  Protein Conformational States” eLife 2016; 5:e12509. (News story describing this work was highlighted by Nature Methods 2016, 13, 392-392).
  95. Li, C.; Jones, A.; Lei, X.* Synthesis and Mode of Action of Oligomeric Sesquiterpene LactonesNat. Prod. Rep. 2016, 33, 602-611. (Cover story)
  96. Shang, E.; Zhang, J.;  Bai, J.; Wang, Z.; Li, X.; Zhu, B.; Lei, X.* “Syntheses of [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]benzazoles Enabled by the Transition-Metal-Free Oxidative N-N Bond Formation”  Chem. Commun. 201652, 7028-7031.
  97. Liao, D.; Yang, S.; Wang, J.; Zhang, J. Hong, B.; Wu, F.; Lei, X.* “Total Synthesis and Structural Reassignment of Aspergillomarasmine A” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 4291-4295.
  98. Liu, W.; Li, H.; Cai, P.; Wang, Z.; Yu, Z-X.; Lei, X.* Scalable Total Synthesis of Jungermannenones B and CAngew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 3112-3116. (Highlighted by Synfacts 2016, 12, 0332).
  99. Li, D.; Li, C.; Li, L.; Chen. S.; Wang, L.; Li, Q.; Wang, X.; Lei, X.*; Shen, Z.* “Natural Product Kongensin A is a Non-Canonical HSP90 Inhibitor that Blocks RIP3-dependent Necroptosis” Cell Chem. Biol. 2016, 23, 257-266. (Featured article, and highlighted by Jacobsen et al. Cell Chem. Biol. 2016, 23, 205-207).
  100. Gao, L.; Han, J.; Lei, X.* “Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Kuwanon X, Kuwanon Y and Kuwanol A” Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 360-363.
  101. Yang, S.; Liao, D.; Tian, X.; Lei, X.* “Access to the 2H-tetrahydro-4, 6-dioxo-1, 2-oxazine Ring System from Nitrone via a Tandem Nucleophilic Addition and Transesterification Re-action” Org. Lett. 2016, 18, 376-379.
  102. Dong, T.; Liu, W.; Shen, Z.; Li, L.; Chen, S.; Lei, X.* Pterisolic Acid B is a Nrf2 Activator by Targeting C171 within Keap1-BTB Domain Sci. Rep. 2016, 6, 19231.
  103. Ma, K.; Liao, D.; Yang, S.; Li, X.; Lei, X.* Studies towards the Synthesis of the Functionalized C3-C14 Decalin Framework of Alchivemycin AOrg. Chem. Front. 2016, 3, 251-258.
  104. Li, X.; Han, J.; Jones, A.; Lei, X.* Chiral Boron Complex-Promoted Asymmetric Diels-Alder Cycloaddition and Its Application in Natural Product Synthesis J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 458-468.
  105. Hong, B.; Li, C.; Wang, Z.; Chen, J.; Li, H.*; Lei, X.* “Enantioselective Total Synthesis of (-)-Incarviatone A” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137, 11946-11949. (News story describing this work was highlighted by Chem. & Eng. News 2015, 93, 35 and Synfacts 2015, 11, 1231).
  106. Dong, T.; Liao, D.; Liu, X.; Lei, X.* Using Small Molecules to Dissect Non-apoptotic Programmed Cell Death ChemBioChem 2015, 16, 2557-2561.
  107. Ren, R.; Zhou, X.; He, Y.; Ke, M.; Wu, J.; Liu, X.; Yan, C.; Wu, Y.; Gong, X.; Lei, X.; Yan, S. F.; Radhakrishnan, A.; Yan, N.* “Crystal structure of a mycobacterial Insig homolog provides insight into how these sensors monitor sterol levels” Science 2015, 349, 187-191.
  108. Li, T.; Liu, W.; Lu, S.; Zhang, Y-P.; Jia, L-M.; Chen, J.; Li, X.; Lei, X.; Dong, M.* “No Significant Increase in the Δ4- and Δ7-Dafachronic Acid Concentration in the Long-Lived glp-1 Mutant and in Dauer Formation-Defective Mutants” G3: Genes/Genomes/Genetics 2015, DOI: 10.1534/g3.115.018812
  109. Zhang, X.; Dong, T.; Li, Q.; Liu, X.; Li, L.; Chen, S.; Lei, X.* “Second-Generation TQ-Ligation for Cell Organelle Imaging” ACS Chem. Biol. 2015, 10, 1676-1683.
  110. Han, J.; Jones, A.; Lei, X.* “Recent Advances in the Total Synthesis of Prenylflavonoid and Related Diels-Alder Natural Products Synthesis 2015, 47, 1519-1533.
  111. Dong, T.; Li, C.; Wang, X.; Dian, L.; Zhang, X.; Chen, X.; Li, L.; Cao, R.; Huang, N.; He, S. *; Lei, X.* Ainsliadimer A selectively inhibits IKKα/β by covalently binding a conserved cysteine Nature Commun. 2015, 6, 6522. (News story describing this work was highlighted in Chem. & Eng. News 2015, 15, 39).
  112. Liu, W.; Li, X.; Chen, J.; Li, T.; Dong, M.; Lei, X.* Site-selective and Metal-free Aliphatic C-H Oxidation Enabled Synthesis of [5,24,25-D3]-(25S)-Δ7-Dafachronic acidChem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 5345-5379
  113. Hong, B.; Li, H.; Wu, J.; Zhang, J. Lei, X.* “Total Syntheses of (-)-Huperzine Q and (+)-Lycopladines B and C” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 1011-1015. (Highlighted by Synfacts 2015, 11, 0112)
  114. Du, M.; Lei, X.* Advanced in the synthesis of kaurane diterpe-noids. Youji Huaxue 2015, 35, 2447−2464
  115. Qin, X.; Chen, B.; Fu, J.; Shan, L.; Lei, X.; Zhang, W.* “Synthesis, cytotoxicity and inhibition of NO production of ivangustin enantiomer analogues” Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2015, 102, 256-265.
  116. Zhang, J.; Chen, J.; Zhang, X.; Lei, X.* “Total Syntheses of Menisporphine and Daurioxoisoporphine C Enabled by Photoredox-Catalyzed Direct C–H Arylation of Isoquinoline with Aryldiazonium Salt” J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 10682-10688
  117. Li, C.; Dong, T.; Li, Q.; Lei, X.* “Probing the Anti-cancer Mechanism of (-)-Ainsliatrimer A through Diverted Total Synthesis and Bioorthogonal Ligation” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 12111-12115
  118. Zhang, J.; Wu, J.; Hong, B.; Ai, W.; Wang, X.; Li, H.; Lei, X.* “Diversity-oriented synthesis of Lycopodium alkaloids inspired by the hidden functional group pairing pattern” Nature Commun. 2014, 5, 4614
  119. Han, J.; Li, X.; Guan, Y.; Zhao, W.; Wullf, W. D.*; Lei, X.* “Enantioselective Biomimetic Total Syntheses of Kuwanons I and J and Brosimones A and B” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9257-9261
  120. Li, C.; Lei, X.* “Strategies toward the Biomimetic Syntheses of Oligomeric Sesquiterpenoids”    J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 3289-3295
  121. Liao, D.; Sun, L.; Liu, W.; He, S.; Wang, X.; Lei, X.* Necrosulfonamide Inhibits Necroptosis by Selectively Targeting the Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-like Protein Med. Chem. Comm. 2014, 5, 333-337.
  122. Li, Q.; Dong, T.; Liu, X.; Zhang, X.; Yang, X.; Lei, X.* ortho-Quinone Methide Finds Its Application in Bioorthogonal Ligation Curr. Org. Chem. 2014, 18, 86-92.
  123. Li, T.; Chen, J.; Li, X.; Ding, X.; Wu, Y.; Zhao, L.; Chen, S.; Lei, X.*; Dong, M.* Absolute Quantification of a Steroid Hormone that Regulates Development in Caenorhabditis elegans Anal. Chem. 2013, 85, 9281-9287.
  124. Wang, X.; Li, H.; Lei, X.* Challenges and Strategies to the Total Syntheses of Fawcettimine-Type and Serratinine-Type Lycopodium Alkaloids Synlett. 2013, 241032-1043 (Invited Synpacts Article).
  125. Li, Q.; Dong, T.; Liu, X.; Lei, X.* A Bioorthogonal Ligation Enabled by Click Cycloaddition of o-Quinolinone Quinone Methide and Vinyl Thioether J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 4996-4999. (News story describing this work was highlighted in Chem. & Eng. News 2013, 14, 37).
  126. Li, C.; Dong, T.; Dian, L.; Zhang, W.; Lei, X.* Biomimetic Syntheses and Structural Elucidation of the Apoptosis-Inducing Sesquiterpenoid Trimers: (-)-Ainsliatrimers A and B Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 1163-1167.
  127. Wang, G.*; Wang, X.; Yu, H.; Wei, S.; Williams, N.; Holmes, D. L.; Halfmann, R.; Naidoo, J.; Wang, L.; Li, L.; Chen, S.; Harran, P.; Lei, X.*; Wang, X.* Small Molecule Activation of the TRAIL Receptor DR5 in Human Cancer Cells Nature Chem. Biol. 2013, 9, 84-89. (News stories describing this work were highlighted in Chem. & Eng. News 2013, 2, 37; Nature Asia 2012, December 24).
  128. Huang, J.; Lei, X.* “A Nature-inspired Concise Synthesis of (+)-ent-Chromazonarol” Sci. China Chem. 2013, 56, 349-353.
  129. Li, H.; Wang, X.; Hong, B.; Lei, X.* Collective Synthesis of Lycopodium Alkaloids and Tautomer Locking Strategy for the Total Synthesis of (-)-Lycojapodine A J. Org. Chem. 2013, 78, 800-821. (Featured and Cover Article).
  130. Li, C.; Li, X.; Wang, X.; Lei, X.* Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Bicyclic Ring Systems via a Conjugate Addition/Aldol/RCM Process Sci. China Chem. 2013, 56, 337-341.
  131. Li, C.; Dian, L.; Zhang, W.; Lei, X.* Biomimetic Syntheses of (-)-Gochnatiolides A-C and (-)-Ainsliadimer B J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12414-12417.
  132. Lei, X.*; Li, H. Selective Alkene Metathesis in the Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Product Top. Curr. Chem. 2012, 327, 163-196.
  133. Sun, L.; Wang, H.; Wang, Z.; He, S.; Chen, S.; Liao, D.; Wang, L.; Yan, J.; Liu, W.; Lei, X.*; Wang, X.* “Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-like Protein Mediates Necrosis Signaling Downstream of  RIP3 Kinase” Cell 2012, 148, 213-227. (News stories describing this work were highlighted in Chem. & Eng. News 2012, 5, 40; Nature China 2012, February 1; Asian Scientist 2012, January31; and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2012, Feb. 8).
  134. Li, H.; Wang, X.; Lei, X.* “Total Syntheses of Lycopodium Alkaloids (+)-Fawcettimine, (+)-Fawcettidine and (-)-8-Deoxyserratinine” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 491-495; Angew. Chem. 2012, 124, 506-510.
  135. Liao, D.; Li, H.; Lei, X.* “Efficient Generation of ortho-Quinone Methide: Application to the Biomimetic Syntheses of (±)-Schefflone and Tocopherol Trimers” Org. Lett. 2012, 14, 18-21.
  136. Li, C.; Tu, S.; Wen, S.; Li, S.; Chang, J.; Shao, F.; Lei, X.* “Total Synthesis of the G2/M DNA Damage Checkpoint Inhibitor Psilostachyin C” J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 3566-3570.
  137. Li, C.; Yu, X.; Lei, X.* “A Biomimetic Total Synthesis of (+)-Ainsliadimer A” Org. Lett. 2010, 12, 4284-4287.
  138. Gong, Y.; Wang, X.; Wang, J.; Yang, Z.; Li, S.; Yang, J.; Liu, L.; Lei, X.*; Shao, F. * “Chemical Probing Reveals Insights into the Signaling Mechanism of Inflammasome Activation” Cell Res. 2010, 20, 1289-1305.
  139. HanZ.; Niu, T.; Chang, J.; Lei, X.; Zhao, M.; Wang, Q.; Cheng, W.; Wang, J.; Feng, Y.; Chai, J.* “Crystal structure of the FTO protein reveals basis for its substrate specificity” Nature 2010, 464, 1205-1209.
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  142. Chou, T.; Dong, H.; Zhang, X.; Lei, X.; Hartung, J.; Zhang, Y.; Lee, H. L.; Wilson, R. M.; Danishefsky, S. J. * “Multifaceted Cytoprotection by Synthetic Polyacetylenes Inspired by the Ginseng-derived Natural Product Panaxytriol” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2011, 108, 14336-14341.
  143. Lee, L. S.; Stephenson,  K. K.;  Fahey, J. W.; Parsons, T. L.;  Lietman, P. S.;  Andrade, A. S.;  Lei, X. Yun, H.; Soon, G.H.; Shen, P.; Danishefsky, S. J.*; Flexner, C.* Induction of Chemoprotective Phase 2 Enzymes by Ginseng and its Components” Planta Med. 2009; 75, 1129-1133
  144. Lei, X.; Danishefsky, S. J.* “Efficient Synthesis of a Novel Resorcyclide as Anticancer Agent Based on Hsp90 Inhibition” Adv. Synth. Catal. 2008, 350, 1677-1681
  145. Lei, X.; Dai, M.; Hua, Z.; Danishefsky, S. J.* “Biomimetic Total Synthesis of Tricycloillicinone and Mechanistic Studies Toward the Rearrangement of Prenyl Phenyl Ethers” Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 6383-6385
  146. Ng, F.; Yun, H.; Lei, X.; Danishefsky, S. J.; Fahey, J.; Stephenson, K.; Flexner, C.; Lee, L.* (3R,9R,10R)-Panaxytriol: a molecular-based nutraceutical with possible application to cancer prevention and treatment” Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 7178-7179
  147. Peng, L. F.; Kim, S. S.; Matchacheep, S.; Lei, X.; Su, S.; Lin, W.; Runguphan, W.; Choe, W. H.; Sakamoto, N.; Beeler, A. B.; Porco, J. A., Jr.; Schreiber, S. L.* and Chung, R. T.* “Identification of Novel Epoxide Inhibitors of HCV Replication Using High-Throughput Screening.” Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2007, 51, 3756-3759.
  148. Lei, X.; Porco, J. A., Jr.* “Total Synthesis of the Diazobenzofluorene Antibiotic (-)-Kinamycin C.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 14790-14791. (News story describing this work was highlighted in Chem. & Eng. News 2006, 45, 9.)
  149. Porco, J. A., Jr.*; Su, S.; Lei, X.; Bardhan, S.; Rychnovsky, S. D. “Total Synthesis and Structure Assignment of (+)-Hexacyclinol” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2006, 45, 5790-5792; Angew. Chem. 2006, 118, 5922-5924. (News stories describing this work were reported in Chem. & Eng. News 2006, 31, 11 and Nature 2006, 442, 492-493)
  150. Lei, X.; Zaarur, N.; Sherman, M. Y.; Porco, J. A., Jr.* “Stereocontrolled Synthesis of a Complex Chemical Library via Elaboration of Angular Epoxyquinol Scaffolds.” J. Org. Chem. 2005, 70, 6474-6483.
  151. Su, S.; Aquilano, D.; Arumugasamy, J.; Beeler, A. B.; Eastwood, E. L.; Giguere, J. R.; Lan, P.; Lei, X.; Min, G. K.; Yeager, A. R.; Zhou, Y.; Panek, J. S.; Snyder, J. K.; Schaus, S. E.; Porco, J. A., Jr.* “Convergent Synthesis of a Complex Oxime Library Using Chemical Domain Shuffling.” Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2751-2754.
  152. Lei, X.; Porco, J. A., Jr.* “Synthesis of a Polymer-Supported Anthracene and Its Application as a Dienophile Scavenger.” Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 795-798.
  153. Lei, X.; Johnson, R. P.; Porco, J. A., Jr.* “Total Synthesis of the Ubiquitin-Activating Enzyme Inhibitor (+)-Panepophenanthrin.” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 3913-3917; Angew. Chem. 2003, 115, 4043-4047. (This publication was highlighted as a “Hot Paper”.