Zou Y, Wang R, Liu Z, Zou Y, Zeng S, Fang M, Chen H, Wang P, Xie C, Deng Z, Zhang F*, Liu R*, Liu T*. Development of a versatile chassis for the efficient production of diverse type II polyketides. Nat Commun. 2025,16(1):7321. 

Liu R, Luo Z, Dai C, Wei Y, Yan S, Kuang X, Qi K, Fu A, Li Y, Fu S, Ma Z, Dai W, Xiao X, Wu Q, Zhou H, Rao Y, Yuan J, Shi T, Deng Z*, Chen C*, Liu T*. Corynebacterium parakroppenstedtii secretes a novel glycolipid to promote the development of granulomatous lobular mastitis. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 2024, 9(1):292.

Yan P#, Wang G#, Huang M#, Liu Z, Dai C, Hu B, Gu M, Deng Z, Liu R*, Wang X*, Liu T*. Combinatorial Biosynthesis Creates a Novel Aglycone Polyether with High Potency and Low Side Effects Against Bladder Cancer. Advanced Science. 2024, 11(32):e2404668. 

Li D#, Liu R#, Wang M#, Peng R#, Fu S, Fu A, Le J, Yao Q, Yuan T, Chi H, Mu X, Sun T, Liu H, Yan P, Wang S, Cheng S, Deng Z, Liu Z*, Wang G*, Li Y*, Liu T*.3β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase expressed by gut microbes degrades testosterone and is linked to depression in males. Cell Host & Microbe. 2022, 9;30(3):329-339

Liu R, Zhang Y, Zhai G, Fu S, Xia Y, Hu B, Cai X, Zhang Y, Li Y, Deng Z, Liu T*. A cell-free platform based on nisin biosynthesis for discovering novel lanthipeptides and guiding their overproduction in vivo. Advanced Science. 2020, 7(17):2001616. 

Duan Y#, Fang F#, Mu X, Wang H, Shen Z, Deng Z, Liu T, Wang Z*, Liu R*. Exploration of Streptomyces fradiae J1-021 as a potential host for the heterologous production of spinosad. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2024, 72, 16, 8983–8992

Mu X, Lei R, Yan S, Liu R*, Liu T*. The LysR family transcriptional regulator ORF-L16 regulates spinosad biosynthesis in Saccharopolyspora spinosa.  Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 2024, 9 (4): 609-617

An Z#, Tao H#, Wang Y, Xia B, Zou Y, Fu S, Fang F, Sun X, Huang R, Xia Y, Deng Z, Liu R*, Liu T*. Increasing the heterologous production of spinosad in Streptomyces albus J1074 by regulating biosynthesis of its polyketide skeleton.Synthetic and Systems Biotechnology. 2021, 6(4):292-301.

Liu R#, Yu D#, Deng Z, Liu T*. Harnessing in vitro platforms for natural product research: in vitro driven rational engineering and mining (iDREAM). Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 2021, 69:1-9. 

Liu R, Deng Z, Liu T*. Streptomyces species: Ideal chassis for natural product discovery and overproduction. Metabolic Engineering. 2018, 50:74-84.