Zhang, Xin

Graduate Student
32C W. Waters Hall Manhattan KS 66506 Phone: 532-2474 Fax: 532-6232 xz65@ksu.eduDegree Being Pursued: Ph.D.

Publications

Zhang, J., X. Zhang, Y. Arakane, S. Muthukrishnan, K. J. Kramer, E. Ma, and K. Y. Zhu. 2011. Comparative genomic analysis of chitinase and chitinase-like genes in the African malaria mosquito (Anopheles gambiae). PLoS ONE 6: e19899.

Zhang, J., X. Zhang, Y. Arakane, S. Muthukrishnan, K. J. Kramer, E. Ma, and K. Y. Zhu. 2011. Identification and characterization of a novel chitinase-like gene cluster (AgCht5) possibly derived from tandem duplications in the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 41: 521-528.

Lu, Y., Y.-P. Pang, Y. Park, X. Gao, J. Yao, X. Zhang, and K. Y. Zhu. 2011. Genome organization, phylogenies, expression patterns and three-dimensional protein models of two acetylcholinesterase genes from the red flour beetle. PLoS ONE (under revision).

Zhang X., Zhang J. & Zhu K. Y. 2010. Chapter 20. Advances and prospects of RNAi technologies in insect pest management, pp. 211-217. In: T.-X. Liu & L. Kang [eds.], Recent Advances in Entomological Research: From Molecular Biology to Pest Management. Higher Education Press, Beijing.

Li, X., X. Zhang, J. Zhang, X. Zhang, S. R. Starkey, and K. Y. Zhu. 2009. Identification and characterization of eleven glutathione S-transferase genes from the aquatic midge Chironomus tentans (Diptera: Chironomidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 39: 745-754.