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Li Z, Cao R, Wang M, Myers MP, Zhang Y, Xu RM. Structure of a Bmi-1-Ring1B polycomb group ubiquitin ligase complex J. Biol. Chem. 2006 Jul 21; 281(29): 20643-9.

Huang Y, Myers MP, Xu RM. Crystal Structure of the HP1-EMSY Complex Reveals an Unusual Mode of HP1 Binding. Structure. 2006 Apr;14(4):703-12.

Zhang QS, Manche L, Xu RM, Krainer AR. hnRNP A1 associates with telomere ends and stimulates telomerase activity. RNA. 2006 Jun; 12(6): 1116-28.

Huang Y, Fang J, Bedford MT, Zhang Y, Xu RM. Recognition of Histone H3 Lysine-4 Methylation by the Double Tudor Domain of JMJD2A. Science. 2006 May 5; 312(5774):748-51.

Connelly JJ, Yuan P, Hsu HC, Li Z, Xu RM, Sternglanz R. Structure and function of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sir3 BAH domain. Mol Cell Biol. 2006 Apr;26(8):3256-65.

Hsu HC, Stillman B, Xu RM. Structural basis for origin recognition complex 1 protein-silence information regulator 1 protein interaction in epigenetic silencing. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2005 Jun 14;102(24):8519-24.

Shi H, Cordin O, Minder CM, Linder P, Xu RM. Crystal structure of the human ATP-dependent splicing and export factor UAP56. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2004 Dec 21;101(51):17628-33.

Chiodi I, Corioni M, Giordano M, Valgardsdottir R, Ghigna C, Cobianchi F, Xu RM, Riva S, Biamonti G. RNA recognition motif 2 directs the recruitment of SF2/ASF to nuclear stress bodies. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004 Aug 9;32(14):4127-36.

Jokan L, Dong AP, Mayeda A, Krainer AR, Xu RM. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of UP1, the two-RRM domain of hnRNP A1. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 1997 Sep 1;53(Pt 5):615-8.

Landry J, Sutton A, Hesman T, Min J, Xu RM, Johnston M, Sternglanz R. Set2-catalyzed methylation of histone H3 represses basal expression of GAL4 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol. 2003 Sep;23(17):5972-8.

Min J, Zhang Y, Xu RM. Structural basis for specific binding of Polycomb chromodomain to histone H3 methylated at Lys 27. Genes Dev. 2003 Aug 1;17(15):1823-8.

Xu RM. A pivotal role of the coiled coil of Sir4. Structure. 2003 Jun;11(6):608-9.

Shi H, Xu RM. Crystal structure of the Drosophila Mago nashi-Y14 complex. Genes Dev. 2003 Apr 15;17(8):971-6.

Min J, Feng Q, Li Z, Zhang Y, Xu RM. Structure of the catalytic domain of human DOT1L, a non-SET domain nucleosomal histone methyltransferase. Cell. 2003 Mar 7;112(5):711-23.

Min J, Zhang X, Cheng X, Grewal SI, Xu RM. Structure of the SET domain histone lysine methyltransferase Clr4. Nat Struct Biol. 2002 Nov;9(11):828-32.

Zhang Z, Hayashi MK, Merkel O, Stillman B, Xu RM. Structure and function of the BAH-containing domain of Orc1p in epigenetic silencing. EMBO J. 2002 Sep 2;21(17):4600-11.

Ng HH, Xu RM, Zhang Y, Struhl K. Ubiquitination of histone H2B by Rad6 is required for efficient Dot1-mediated methylation of histone H3 lysine 79. J Biol Chem. 2002 Sep 20;277(38):34655-7. Epub 2002 Aug 6.

Vitali J, Ding J, Jiang J, Zhang Y, Krainer AR, Xu RM. Correlated alternative side chain conformations in the RNA-recognition motif of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002 Apr 1;30(7):1531-8.

Min J, Landry J, Sternglanz R, Xu RM. Crystal structure of a SIR2 homolog-NAD complex. Cell. 2001 Apr 20;105(2):269-79.

Jiang J, Horowitz DS, Xu RM. Crystal structure of the functional domain of the splicing factor Prp18. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2000 Mar 28;97(7):3022-7.

Chong JP, Hayashi MK, Simon MN, Xu RM, Stillman B. A double-hexamer archaeal minichromosome maintenance protein is an ATP-dependent DNA helicase. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2000 Feb 15;97(4):1530-5.

Ding J, Hayashi MK, Zhang Y, Manche L, Krainer AR, Xu RM. Crystal structure of the two-RRM domain of hnRNP A1 (UP1) complexed with single-stranded telomeric DNA. Genes Dev. 1999 May 1;13(9):1102-15.

Jiang J, Zhang Y, Krainer AR, Xu RM. Crystal structure of human p32, a doughnut-shaped acidic mitochondrial matrix protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1999 Mar 30;96(7):3572-7.

Mayeda A, Munroe SH, Xu RM, Krainer AR. Distinct functions of the closely related tandem RNA-recognition motifs of hnRNP A1. RNA. 1998 Sep;4(9):1111-23.

Xu RM, Jokhan L, Cheng X, Mayeda A, Krainer AR. Crystal structure of human UP1, the domain of hnRNP A1 that contains two RNA-recognition motifs. Structure. 1997 Apr 15;5(4):559-70.