PUBLICATIONS
1. Fei M#, Fang M#, Zhou Q, Chen Z, Gong M, Wu F, Tian C, Sun D*. 2025. Abundant bacterial nucleoid-associated protein H-NS limits plasmid transfer through mechanical modification of DNA. Nucleic Acids Res. 53:gkaf928. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf928. （研究生一作）
2. Zheng H, Mao C, Chen S, Hou S, Sun D*. 2025. A quorum sensing-controlled type I CRISPRi toolkit for dynamically regulating metabolic flux. Nucleic Acids Res. 53:gkaf693 , https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaf693.（研究生一作）
3. Noman M, Ahmed T, Gardea-Torresdey JL, Song F, Sun D*, Wang J*. 2025. Stomata-centered nanoguardians: revolutionizing plant pathogen defense. Trends Plant Sci. 11:S1360-1385(25)00264-X. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2025.09.002.（博士后一作）
4. Jiao L, Zhou Q, Sun D*, 2025. CRISPR-based regulation for high-throughput screening. ACS Synth Biol. 14(6):1890-1904. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.5c00076. （研究生一作）
5. Zhang R, Zhou Q, Huang S, Zhang N, Sun D*, (2025) Advancements in CRISPR-Cas-based strategies for combating antimicrobial resistance. Microbiol Res. 13(8):2480-2491. doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2025.128232. （研究生一作）
6. Zhou Q, Li N, Jiao L, Sun D*. 2025. cAMP-CRP promotes ColE1 plasmid replication by reducing RNAI stability through transcriptional repression of hfq. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 784:152668. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2025.152668（研究生一作）
7. Liu S, Sun D*. 2025. Recent advances in metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for riboflavin biosynthesis. World J Microbiol Biotechnol. 41(10):329. doi: 10.1007/s11274-025-04563-9
8. Mao C, Zheng H, Chen Y, Yuan P, Sun D*, 2024. Development of a type I-E CRISPR-based programmable repression system for fine-tuning metabolic flux towards D-pantothenic acid in Bacillus subtilis. ACS Synth Biol. 13(8):2480-2491. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.4c00256. （研究生一作）
9. Fang M, Zhang R, Wang C, Liu Z, Fei M, Tang B, Yang H, Sun D*, 2024. Engineering probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 to block transfer of multiple antibiotic resistance genes by exploiting a type I CRISPR-Cas system. Appl Env Microbiol. 10:e0081124. doi: 10.1128/aem.00811-24（研究生一作）
10. Yuan P*, Chen Z, Xu M, Cai W, Liu Z, Sun D*. 2023. Microbial cell factories using Paenibacillus: status and perspectives. Crit Rev Biotechnol. 17:1-17. doi: 10.1080/07388551.2023.2289342.（博士后一作）
11. Fang M, Li N, Fei M, Lu Y, Yu M, Sun D*. 2023. LrhA promotes CRISPR-Cas immunity by promoting reciprocal interplay between interference and primed adaptation in Escherichia coli. bioRxiv 2023.08.14.552655; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.08.14.552655 （研究生一作）
12. Yuan P*, Xu M, Mao C, Zheng H, Sun D*. 2023. Dynamically regulating glucose uptake to reduce overflow metabolism with a quorum-sensing circuit for efficient synthesis of D-pantothenic acid in Bacillus subtilis. ACS Synth Biol. 12(10):2983-2995. doi: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00315. （博士后一作）
13. Yu M, Hu S, Tang B, Yang H, Sun D*. 2023. Engineering Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 as a microbial chassis for therapeutic and industrial applications. Biotechnol Adv. 67:108202. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2023.108202.（研究生一作）
14. Sun D*, Sun X*, Hu Y* and Yamaichi Y* 2023. Editorial: Horizontal gene transfer mediated bacterial antibiotic resistance, volume II. Front. Microbiol. 14:1221606. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1221606
15. Hu S, Fei M, Fu B, Yu M, Yuan P, Tang B, Yang H. Sun D*. 2023. Development of probiotic E. coli Nissle 1917 for β‑alanine production by using protein and metabolic engineering. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 107:2277-2288. DOI：10.1007/s00253-023-12477-5)（研究生一作）
16. Chen Z, Shen M, Mao C, Wang C, Yuan P, Wang T, Sun D*. 2021. A type I restriction modification system influences genomic evolution driven by horizontal gene transfer in Paenibacillus polymyxa. Front Microbiol. 12: 709571. DOI：10.3389/fmicb.2021.709571（研究生一作）
17. Fei M，Mao X，Chen Y，Lu Y，Wang L，Yang J，Qiu J，Sun D*. 2020. Development of a dual-fluorescence reporter system for high-throughput screening of L-aspartate-a-decarboxylase. Acta Bioch Bioph Sin 52(12):1420-1426. DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmaa134 （研究生一作）
18. Sun D, Mao X, Fei M, Chen Z, Zhu T, Qiu J. 2020. Histone-like nucleoid-structuring protein (H-NS) paralogue StpA activates the type I-E CRISPR-Cas system against natural transformation in Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol. 86:e00731-20. DOI：10.1128/AEM.00731-20 (研究生共同一作)
19. Sun D, Jeannot K, Xiao YH, Knapp CW. 2019. Editorial: horizontal gene transfer mediated bacterial antibiotic resistance. Front Microbiol 10:1933. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01933
20. Sun D. 2018. Pull in and push out: mechanisms of horizontal gene transfer in bacteria. Front Microbiol 9:2154. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02154
21. Shen M, Chen Z, Mao X, Wang L, Liang J, Huo Q, Yin X, Qiu J, Sun D*. 2018. Two different restriction-modification systems for degrading exogenous DNA in Paenibacillus polymyxa. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 504:927-932. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.09.016（研究生一作）
22. Sun D. 2016. Two different routes for double-stranded DNA transfer in natural and artificial transformation of Escherichia coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 471:213-8. DOI：10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.01.137.
23. Wang B, Sun D*. 2015. Detection of NDM-1 carbapenemase-producing Acinetobacter calcoaceticus and Acinetobacter junii in environmental samples from livestock farms. J Antimicrob Chemother 70:611-3. DOI：10.1093/jac/dku405