Deng Y, Wu J, Tao F, Zhang LH (2011)
Listening to a new language: DSF-based quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria.
Chem Rev 111, 160-173.

An S, Wu J, Zhang LH (2010)
Modulation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm dispersal by a cyclic-Di-GMP phosphodiesterase with a putative hypoxia-sensing domain.
Appl Environ Microbiol 76, 8160-8173.

Wu J, Zhang HB, Xu JL, Cox RJ, Simpson TJ, Zhang LH (2010)
13C labeling reveals multiple amination reactions in the biosynthesis of a novel polyketide polyamine antibiotic zeamine from Dickeya zeae.
Chem Comm 46, 333-335.

Tao F, He YW, Wu DH, Swarup S, Zhang LH (2010)
The cyclic nucleotide  monophosphate domain of Xanthomonas campestris global regulator Clp defines a new class of c-di-GMP effector.
J Bacteriol 192, 1020-1029. (Recommend Read, Faculty of 1000)

Ji L, Jiang ZD, Liu Y, Koh CM, Zhang LH (2010)
A simplified and efficient method for transformation and gene tagging of Ustilago maydis using frozen cells.
Fungal Genet Biol 47, 279-287.

Tao F, Swarup S, Zhang LH (2010)
Quorum sensing modulation of a putative glycosyltransferase gene cluster essential for Xanthomonas campestris biofilm formation.
Environ Microbiol 12, 3159-3170.

Deng YY, Wu J, Eberl L, Zhang LH (2010)
Structural and functional characterization of DSF-family quorum sensing signals produced by members of the Burkholderia cepacia complex.
Appl Environ Microbiol 76, 4675-4683.

Zhang LH (2010)
A novel c-di-GMP effector linking intracellular virulence regulon to quorum sensing and hypoxia sensing.
Virulence 1, 391-394.

He YW, Wu J, Cha JS, Zhang LH (2010)
Rice bacterial blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae produces multiple DSF-family signals in regulation of virulence factor production.
BMC Microbiol 10,187.

Cheng Z, He YW, Lim SC, Qamra R, Walsh MA, Zhang LH*, Song HW* (2010)
Structural basis of the sensor-synthase interaction in autoinduction of the quorum sensing signal DSF biosynthesis. Structure  18, 1200-1210 (*Co-corresponding author) (Featured in Previews, Structure  2010, 18: 1072-1073)

Deng YY, Boon C, Eberl L, Zhang LH (2009)
Differential modulation of Burkholderia cenocepacia virulence and energy metabolism by quorum sensing signal BDSF and its synthase.
J Bacteriol 191, 7270 -7278.

An SW, Dong YH, Zhang LH (2009) The Impact and molecular genetics of bacterial biofilms.
In Environmental Molecular Microbiology, Eds: W. T. Liu, J. K. Jasson, Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK. pp211-226

He YW, Boon C, Zhou L, Zhang LH (2009)
Co-regulation of Xanthomonas campestris virulence by quorum sensing and a novel two-component regulatory system RavS/RavR.
Mol Microbiol 71, 1464-1476. (Recommend Read, Faculty of 1000)

Dong YH, Zhang XF, Xu JL, An SW, Zhang LH (2008)
A novel two-component system BqsS-BqsR modulates quorum sensing-dependent biofilm decay in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Comm Integrat Biol 1, 1-9.

He Y, Zhang LH (2008)
Quorum sensing and virulence regulation in Xanthomonas campestris.
FEMS Microbiol Rev 32, 842-857.

Boon C, Deng YY, Wang LH, He YW, Xu JL, Yang F, Pan SQ, Zhang LH (2008)
A novel DSF-like signal from Burkholderia cenocepacia interferes with Candida albicans morphological transition. ISME J 2, 27-36. (Must Read, Faculty of 1000)

Mumtaz, B. B. M. Hussain, Hai-Bao Zhang, Jin-Ling Xu, Qiongguang Liu, Zide Jiang, Lian-Hui Zhang (2008)
 The AHL-type Quorum Sensing System Modulates the Cell Motility and Virulence of Erwinia chrysanthemi pv. zeae. J Bacteriol 190, 1045-1053.

Wang LH, Dong YH, Zhang LH (2008)
Quorum quenching: Principle and mechanisms. In: Quorum Sensing. Eds: S. Winans, B. Basselar.
ASM Press. New York. Pp 379-392.

Zhou L, Wang J, Zhang LH (2007)
Modulation of bacterial type III secretion system by a spermidine transporter dependent signaling pathway.
PLoS One 2, e1291.

Dong YH, Wang LH, Zhang LH (2007)
Quorum quenching microbial infections – mechanisms and implications.
Proc. Royal Soc. London Ser. B 362, 1201-1211.

He YW, Ng AYJ, Xu M, Lin K, Wang LH, Dong YH, Zhang LH (2007)
Xanthomonas campestris cell-cell communication involves a putative nucleotide receptor protein Clp and a hierarchical signaling network.
Mol Microbiol 64, 281-292.

Wu Q, Jiang ZD, Liao JL, Chen ZN, Li HP, Mei MT, Zhang LH (2007)
Identification of genetic markers to distinguish the virulent and avirulent subspecies of Pantoea stewartii by comparative proteomics and genetic analysis.
Appl Microbiol Biotech 74, 186-193.

Zhang HB, Wang LH, Zhang LH (2007)
Detection and analysis of quorum-quenching enzymes against acyl homoserine lactone quorum-sensing signals. Current Protocols Microbiol. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp1C.3.1-1C.3.15.

Zhang LH, Weng LX, Jiang ZD (2007)
Sugarcane. In: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry – Transgenic Crops V. Eds: E.C. Pua and M. R. Davey. Springer-Verlag, Berlin – Heidelberg, Germany pp537-551.

He YW, Wang C, Zhou L, Song H, Dow M, and Zhang LH (2006).
Dual signaling functions of the hybrid sensor kinase RpfC of Xanthomonas campestris involve either phosphorelay or receiver domain-protein interaction.
J Biol Chem  281, 33414-33421.

Chen G, Wang C, Fuqua C, Zhang LH, Chen L (2006)
Crystal structure and mechanism of TraM2, a second quorum sensing antiactivator of Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain A6. 
J Bacteriol 188, 8244-8251.

Wang C, Zhang HB, Wang LH, Zhang LH (2006)
Succinic semialdehyde couples stress response to quorum-sensing signal decay in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Mol Microbiol 62, 45-56.

Ryan RP, Fouhy Y, Lucey JF, Crossman LC, Spiro S, He YW, Zhang LH, Heeb S, Cámara M, Williams P, Dow JM (2006)
Cell-cell signaling in Xanthomonas campestris involves an HD-GYP domain protein that functions in cyclic di-GMP turnover.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 103, 6712-6717.

Bostock JM, Huang G, Hashimi S, Zhang LH, Birch  RG (2006)
A DHA14 drug efflux gene from Xanthomonas albilineans confers high-level albicidin antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli.
J Appl Microbiol 101, 151-160.

Wang C, Zhang HB, Chen G, Chen L, Zhang LH (2006)
Dual control of quorum sensing by two TraM-type antiactivators in Agrobacterium tumefaciens octopine strain A6.
J Bacteriol 188, 2435-2445.

He YW, Xu M, Lin K, Ng AYJ, Wen CM,  Wang LH, Liu ZD, Zhang HB, Dong YH, Dow JM, Zhang LH (2006)
Genome scale analysis of DSF regulon in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris: identification of novel cell-cell communication-dependent genes and functions.
Mol Microbiol 59, 610-622.

Weng LX, Deng HH, Xu JL, Li Q, Wang LH, Jiang ZD, Zhang HB, Li QW, Zhang LH (2006)
Regeneration of sugarcane elite lines and engineering of strong stem borer resistance.
Pest Manag Sci  62, 178-187.

Goryachev AB, Toh DJ, Wee KB, Lee T, Zhang HB, Zhang LH (2005)
Transition to quorum sensing in an Agrobacterium population: a stochastic model.
PLoS Comp Biol 1, e37. (Recommend Read, Faculty of 1000)

Dong YH, Zhang XF, Xu JL, Tan AT, Zhang LH (2005)
VqsM, a novel AraC-type global regulator of quorum-sensing signaling and virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol 58, 552-564.

Wang Z, Dai L, Jiang Z, Peng W, Zhang LH, Wang G, Xie D (2005)
GmCOl1, a soybean F-box protein gene, shows ability to mediate jasmonate-regulated plant defense and fertility in Arabidopsis.
MPMI 18, 1285-1295.

Dong YH, Zhang LH (2005)
Quorum sensing and quorum quenching enzymes.
J Microbiol 43, 101-109.

Yang F, Wang LH, Wang J, Dong YH, Hu JY, Zhang LH (2005)
Quorum quenching enzyme activity is widely conserved in the sera of mammalian species.
FEBS Lett 579, 3713-3717.

Weng LX, Wang LH, Xu JL, Wu JE, Li Q, Zhang LH (2005)
Molecular and conformational basis of specific and high affinity interaction between AlbA and albicidin antibiotics. Appl Environ Microbiol 71, 1445-1452.

Farrand SK and Zhang LH (2005).
TraR and AAI; autoinduction goes mainstream.
In Agrobacterium tumefaciens – From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology. Eds: E. Nester, M, Gordon, A. Kerr.
APS Press St. Paul, Minnesota, pp283-286.

Zhang LH, Xu JL, Dong YH (2005)
Prospect of Bacillus thuringiensis in quorum sensing and signal interference.
In Study on Plant Pest and Diseases Biological Control and Bio-technology, Eds:Q. Yang, Z. Yu, Heilongjianmg Science and Technology Press, Harbin. Pp130-140.

Li XZ, Zhang DH, Chen F, Ma J, Dong YH, Zhang LH (2004)
Klebsiella singaporensis sp nov., a novel isomaltulose producing bacterium.
International J Systemic Evolutionary Microbiol 54, 2131-2136.

Choy WK, Zhou L, Syn CKC, Zhang LH, Swarup S. (2004)
MorA defines a new class of regulators affecting flagellar development and biofilm formation in diverse Pseudomonas species.
J Bacteriol 186, 7221-7228.

Zhang HB, Wang C, Zhang LH (2004)
The quormone degradation system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is regulated by starvation signal and stress alarmone (p)ppGpp.
Mol Microbiol 52, 1389-1401.

Wang LH, Weng LX, Dong YH, Zhang LH (2004)
Specificity and enzyme kinetics of the quorum-quenching AHL-lactonase.
J Biol Chem 279, 13645-13651.

Dong YH, Zhang XF, Xu JL, Zhang LH (2004)
Insecticidal Bacillus thuringiensis silences Erwinia carotovora virulence by a new form of microbial antagonism – signal interference.
Appl Environ Microbiol 70, 954-960. (Featured in Nature Reviews Microbiology 2004, 2: 272)

Wang LH, He YW, Gao YF, Wu JE, Dong YH, Wang RB, He CZ, Wang SX, Weng LX, Xu JL, Tay L, Fang RX, Zhang LH (2004)
A bacterial cell-cell communication signal with cross-kingdom structural analogs.
Mol Microbiol 51, 903-912. (Must Read, Faculty of 1000)

Zhang LH, Dong YH (2004)
Quorum sensing and signal interference: diverse implications.
Mol Microbiol 53, 1563-1571.

Zhang LH (2004)
Quorum quenching - manipulating quorum sensing for disease control.
In Plant Microbiology. Eds, M Gillings, A. Holmes. Garland Science/BIOS Scientific Publishers, Oxford, pp155-164.

Zhang DH, Li N, Lok SM, Zhang LH, and Kunchithapadam Swaminathan (2003)
Isomaltulose synthase (PalI) of Klebsiella sp.: crystal structure and implication of mechanism.
J Biol Chem 278, 35428-35434.

Lin YH, Xu JL, Hu J, Wang LH, Ong SL, Leadbetter, JR, Zhang LH (2003)
Acyl-homoserine lactone acylase from Ralstonia str. XJ12B represents a novel and potent class of quorum quenching enzymes.
Mol Microbiol 47, 849-860.

Teo JWP, Zhang LH, Poh CL. (2003)
Cloning and characterization of a novel lipase from Vibrio harveyi strain AP6.
Gene 312, 181-188.

Hu JY, Yang F, Lin YH, Zhang HB, Ong SL, Dong N, Xu JL, Ng WJ, Zhang LH (2003)
Microbial diversity and prevalence of virulent pathogens in biofilms developed in a water reclamation system.
Res Microbiol 154, 623-629.

Huang JJ, Han JI, Zhang LH, Leadbetter JR (2003)
Utilization of acyl-homoserine lactone quorum signals for growth by a soil pseudomonas and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1.
Appl Environ Microbiol 69, 5941-5949.

Weng LX, Xu JL, Li Q, Birch RG, Zhang LH (2003)
Identification of the essential histidine residue for high-affinity binding of AlbA protein to albicidin antibiotics. Microbiol 149, 451-457.

Zhang DH, Li N, Swaminathan K, Zhang LH (2003)
A motif rich in charged residues determines product specificity in isomaltulose synthase.
FEBS Lett 534, 151-155.

Zhang LH (2003)
Quorum quenching and proactive host defense.
Trends Plant Sci 8, 238-244.

Li N, Zhang DH, Zhang LH, Swaminathan K (2003)
Expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of isomaltulose synthase (PalI) from Klebsiella sp. LX3.  Acta Cryst D59, 150-151.

Teo JWP, Zhang LH, Poh CL (2003)
Cloning and characterization of a metalloprotease from Vibrio harveyi strain AP6.
Gene 303, 147-156.

Zhang HB, Wang LH, Zhang LH (2002)
Genetic control of quorum-sensing signal turnover in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. 
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99, 4638-4643.

Dong YH, Gusti AR, Zhang Q, Xu JL, Zhang LH (2002)
Identification of quorum-quenching N-acyl homoserine lactonases from Bacillus species.
Appl Environ Microbiol 68, 1754-1759. (Must Read, Faculty of 1000)

Zhang DH, Li XZ, Zhang LH (2002)
Isomaltulose synthase from Klebsiella sp. LX3: Gene cloning and characterization and engineering of thermostability.
Appl Environ Microbiol 68, 2676-2682.

Zhang LH (2002).
Quorum quenching – a new way to fight bacterial infections.
In Proceedings of International Symposium on Recent Progress in the Genetics of Industry Microorganism, June, 2002, Gwangju, Ki-Chul Chung (ed): pp8-11.

Dong YH, Wang LH, Xu JL, Zhang HB, Zhang XF, Zhang LH (2001)
Quenching quorum sensing-dependent bacterial infection by an N-acyl homoserine lactonase.
Nature 411, 813-817. (Highlighted in Nature 2001, 411: 748-749; in Nature Rev Mol Cell Biol 2001, 2: 488; in Nature Biotech 2001, 19: 735-736; Exceptional Read, Faculty of 1000)

Huang GZ, Zhang LH, Birch RG (2001)
A multifunctional PKS-peptide synthetase essential for albicidin biosynthesis by Xanthomonas albilineans.
Microbiol 147, 631-642.

Dong YH, Xu JL, Li XZ, Zhang LH (2000)
AiiA, an enzyme inactivates acyl homoserine-lactone quorum-sensing signal and attenuates the virulence of Erwinia carotovora.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 97, 3526-3531. (Highlighted in Nature 2001, 411: 748-749; in Nature Biotech 2001, 19: 735-736)

Huang GZ, Zhang LH, Birch RG (2000)
Characterization of the acyl carrier protein gene and the fab gene locus in Xanthomonas albilineans.
FEMS Microbiol Lett 193, 129-136.

Huang GZ, Zhang LH, Birch RG (2000)
Albicidin antibiotic and phytotoxin biosynthesis in Xanthomonas albilineans requires a phosphopantetheinyl transferase gene.
Gene 258, 193-199.

Huang GZ, Zhang LH, Birch RG (2000)
Analysis of the genes flanking xabB: a methyltransferase gene is involved in albicidin biosynthesis in Xanthomonas albilineans
Gene 255, 327-333.

Huang GZ, Zhang LH, Birch RG (2000)
Rapid amplification and cloning of Tn5 flanking fragments by inverse PCR.
Lett Appl Microbiol 31, 149-153.

Zhang LH, Xu JL, Birch RG (1999)
Engineered detoxification confers resistance against a pathogenic bacterium.
Nature Biotech 17, 1021-1024. (Featured in Nature Biotech 1999, 17: 958-959; in Trends Plant Science 2000, 5: 8)

Zhang LH, Xu J, Birch RG (1998)
High affinity binding of albicidin phytotoxins by the AlbA protein from Klebsiella oxytoca.
Microbiol 144, 555-559.

Zhang LH, Xu J, Birch RG (1998)
Factors affecting biosynthesis by Xanthomonas albilineans of albicidin antibiotics and phytotoxins.
J Appl Microbiol 85, 1023-1028.

Zhang LH, Birch RG (1997)
Mechanisms of biocontrol of sugar cane leaf scald disease by Pantoea dispersa.
J Appl Microbiol 82, 448-454.

Zhang LH*, Birch RG (1997)
The gene for albicidin detoxification from Pantoea dispersa encodes an esterase which attenuates pathogenicity of Xanthomonas albilineans to sugarcane.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94, 9984-9989. (* Corresponding author)

Zhang LH, Birch RG (1996)
Biocontrol of sugarcane leaf scald disease by an isolate of Pantoea dispersa which detoxifies albicidin phytotoxins. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 22: 132-136.

Zhang LH, Birch RG (1995).
Genetic engineering of sugarcane for leaf scald phytotoxin and disease resistance.
In Proceedings of the ISSCT XXII Congress, Cartegena, (Autrey, J. C. ed): 397-402.

Hwang I, Li PL, Zhang LH, Piper KR, Cook DM, Tate ME, Farrand SK (1994)
TraI, a LuxI homologue, is responsible for production of conjugation factor, the Ti plasmid N-acylhomoserine lactone autoinducer.
Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 91, 4639-4643.

Zhang LH, Murphy P, Kerr A, Tate M (1993)
Agrobacterium conjugation and gene regulation by N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones.
Nature 362, 446-447. (Selected as a seminal paper for reprinting in Agrobacterium tumefacium - From Plant Pathology to Biotechnology)

Zhang LH, Kerr A (1993)
Rapid purification of plasmid DNA from bacteria by ethidium bromide and phenol extraction.
Lett Appl Microbiol 16, 265-268.

Zhang LH, Kerr A (1991)
A diffusible compound can enhance conjugal transfer of Ti plasmid in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
J Bacteriol 173, 1867-1872.

Zhang LH, Lin KH (1988)
Mechanisms of selective action of sodium sulfanilate on plants.
Pest Biochem Physiol 32, 11-16.

Lin KH, Zhang LH (1988)
Mechanisms of differential inhibitory effects of sodium sulfanilate on folic acid biosynthesis in plants.
Pest Biochem Physiol 32, 17-24.

Zhang LH, Lin KH (1986)
Studies on the method of determination of conjugated sodium sulfanilate in plants.
J South China Agric Univ 7, 28-34.