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2. D. Ji*, C. Shao*, J. Yu*, Y. Hou, X. Gao., Y. Wu., L. Wang#, Ping Chen#. FOXA1 Forms Biomolecular Condensates that Unpack Condensed Chromatin to Function as a Pioneer Factor. Molecular Cell (2024) 84, 244-260
3. J. Zhao*, J. Lan*, M. Wang*, C. Liu*, Z. Fang, A. Song, T. Zhang, L. Wang, B. Zhu, Ping Chen#, J. Yu#, G. Li#. H2AK119ub1 differentially fine-tunes gene expression by modulating canonical PRC1- and H1-dependent chromatin compaction. Molecular Cell (2024) 84, 1191-1205
4. Ping Chen#, G. Li#, W. Li#. Nucleosome dynamics derived at the single-molecule level bridges its structures and functions. JACS Au (2024) 4, 866−876
5. A. Luo*, J. Kong*, J. Chen*, X. Xiao*, J. Lan, X. Li, C. Liu, P. Wang, G. Li, W. Li#, Ping Chen#. H2B ubiquitination recruits FACT to maintain a stable altered nucleosome state for transcriptional activation. Nature Communications (2023) 14, 741
6. Y. Wang*, C. Liu*, J. Zhao*, J. Yu, A. Luo, X. Xiao, S. Dou, L. Ma, P. Wang, M. Li, G. Li, J. Yan#, Ping Chen#, W. Li#. H2A mono-ubiquitination differentiates nucleosome assembly and disassembly functions of FACT. Nucleic Acids Research (2022) 50, 833-846
7. X. Xiao*, C. Liu*, Y. Pei*, Y. Wang, J. Kong, K. Lu, L. Ma, S. Dou, P. Wang, G. Li, Ping Chen# and W. Li#. Histone H2A Ubiquitination Reinforces Mechanical Stability and Asymmetry at the Single-nucleosome Level. J. Am. Chem. Soc. (2020) 142, 3340-3345
8. Ping Chen*, L. Dong*, M. Hu, Y.Z. Wang, X. Xiao, Z. Zhao, J. Yan, P.Y. Wang, D. Reinberg, M. Li#, W. Li# and G.H. Li#. Functions of FACT in Breaking Nucleosome and Maintaining Its Integrity at Single-nucleosome Level. Molecular Cell (2018) 71, 284-293
9. W. Li*, Ping Chen*, J. Yu, L. Dong, D. Liang, J.X. Feng, J. Yan, P.Y. Wang, Q. Li, Z. Zhang, M. Li# and G.H. Li#. FACT remodels the tetranucleosomal unit of chromatin fibers for gene transcription. Molecular Cell (2016) 64, 120-133
10. F. Song*, Ping Chen*, D.P. Sun, M.Z. Wang, L.P. Dong, D. Liang, R.M. Xu, P. Zhu# and G.H. Li#. Cryo-EM study of the chromatin fiber reveals a double helix twisted by tetranucleosomal units. Science (2014) 344, 376-380