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　　[2]  Cheng F#, Wu A#, Liu C#, Cao X, Wang R, Shu X, Wang L, Zhang Y, Xiang H*, Li M*. (2022) The toxin-antitoxin RNA guards of CRISPR-Cas evolved high specificity through repeat degeneration. Nucleic Acids Research. 50(16):9442-9452. (IF=17.21) 

　　[3]  Cheng F#, Wang R#, Yu H#, Liu C, Yang J, Xiang H*, Li M*. (2021) Divergent degeneration of creA antitoxin genes from minimal CRISPRs and the convergent strategy of tRNA-sequestering CreT toxins. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(18):10677-10688. (IF=17.21) 

　　[4]  Gong L, Li M*, Cheng F, Zhao D, Chen Y, Xiang H*. (2019) Primed adaptation tolerates extensive structural and size variations of the CRISPR RNA guide in Haloarcula hispanica. Nucleic Acids Res., 47(11):5880-91. (IF=17.21) 

　　[5]  Cheng F, Gong L, Zhao D, Yang H, Zhou J, Li M*, Xiang H*. (2017) Harnessing the native type I-B CRISPR-Cas for genome editing in a polyploid archaeon. J. Genet. Genomics., 44(11):541-548. (IF=4.275；封面文章) 

　　[6]  Xu Z#, Li M#, Li Y, Cao H, Miao L, Xu Z, Higuchi Y, Yamasaki S, Nishino K, Woo PCY, Xiang H*, Yan A*. (2019) Native CRISPR-Cas-Mediated Genome Editing Enables Dissecting and Sensitizing Clinical Multidrug-Resistant P. aeruginosa. Cell Reports. 29(6):1707-1717. (IF=9.995) 

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　　[9]  Wang R#, Li M#, Gong L, Hu S, Xiang H*. (2016) DNA motifs determining the accuracy of repeat duplication during CRISPR adaptation in Haloarcula hispanica. Nucleic Acids Res., 44(9):4266-77. (IF=17.21) (#并列第一作者) 

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　　[11]  Li M, Wang R, Xiang H*. (2014) Haloarcula hispanica CRISPR authenticates PAM of a target sequence to prime discriminative adaptation. Nucleic Acids Res., 42(11):7226-35. (IF=17.21) 

　　[12]  Li M, Liu H, Han J, Liu J, Wang R, Zhao D, Zhou J, Xiang H*. (2013) Characterization of CRISPR RNA biogenesis and Cas6-cleavage mediated inhibition of a provirus in the haloarchaeon Haloferax mediterranei. J Bacteriol., 195(4):867-75. (IF=3.476)