Julius Rabl, David M. Smith, Yadong Yu, Shih-Chung Chang, Alfred L. Goldberg and Yifan Cheng (2008) Mechanism of gate opening in the 20S proteasome by the proteasomal ATPases. Molecular Cell, in press.

Edward R. Ballister, Angela H. Lai, Ronald N. Zuckermann, Yifan Cheng and Joseph D. Mougous (2008) In vitro self-assembly of tailored protein nanotubes from a simple protein building block. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 105, 3733-3738.

Gary Frey, Hanqin Peng, Sophia Rits-Volloch, Marco Morelli, Yifan Cheng and Bing Chen (2008) A fusion-intermediate state of HIV-1 p41 targeted by broadly neutralizing antibodies. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 105, 3739-3744.

Tamir Gonen, Richard K. Hite, Yifan Cheng, Benjamin M. Petre, Joerg Kistler and Thomas Walz (2008) Polymorphic assemblies and crystalline arrays of lens tetraspanin MP20. Journal of Molecular Biology, 376, 380-392.

Melanie D. Ohi, Anna Feoktistova, Liping Ren, Calvin Yip, Yifan Cheng, Jun-Song Chen, Hyun-Joo Yoon, Joseph S. Wall, Zhong Haung, Pawel A. Penczek, Kathleen L. Gould and Thomas Walz (2007) Structural organization of anaphase-promoting cmplex bound to the mitotic activator slp1. Molecular Cell, 28, 871-885.

David M. Smith, Shih-Chung Chang, Soyeon Park, Danniel Finley, Yifan Cheng and Alfred L. Goldberg (2007) Docking of the proteasomal ATPases’ carboxy-termini in the 20S proteasome's alpha ring opens the gate for substrate entry. Molecular Cell, 27,731-744.

Yifan Cheng*, Werner Boll, Tomas Kirchhausen, Stephen C. Harrison and Thomas Walz (2007) Cryo-electron tomography of clathrin coated vesicles – structural implications for coat assembly. Journal of Molecular Biology, 365, 892-899.
* corresponding author

Yifan Cheng and Thomas Walz (2007) Chapter 18: Reconstructing the endocytotic machinery, (464 - 485) in: Methods in Cell Biology, 79: Cellular Electron Microscopy, edited by J. Richard McIntosh. Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Alexander Fotin, Tomas Kirchhausen, Nikolaus Grigorieff, Stephen C. Harrison, Thomas Walz and Yifan Cheng (2006) Structure determination of clathrin coats to subnanometer resolution by single particle cryo-electron microscopy. Journal of Structure Biology, 156, 453-460.

Noritaka Nishida, Can Xie, Motomu Shimaoka, Yifan Cheng, Thomas Walz, Timothy A. Springer (2006) Activation of Leukocyte β2 integrins by conversion from bent to extended conformation. Immunity, 25, 583-594.

Jun Liu, Shenping Wu, Mary C. Reedy, Hanspeter Winkler, Carmen Lucaveche, Yifan Cheng, Michael K. Reedy and Kenneth A. Taylor (2006) Electron tomography of swollen rigor fibers of insect flight muscle reveals a short and variably angled S2 domain. Journal of Molecular Biology, 362, 844-60.

Yifan Cheng, Elmar Wolf, Mykol Larvie, Olga Zak, Philip Aisen, Nikolaus Grigorieff, Stephen C. Harrison & Thomas Walz (2006) Single Particle Reconstructions of the Transferrin Receptor – Transferrin Complex Obtained with Different Specimen Preparation Techniques. Journal of Molecular Biology, 355, 1048-1065.

Terunaga Nakagawa, Yifan Cheng, Morgan Sheng and Thomas Walz (2006) Three-dimensional structure of an AMPA receptor without associated stargazin/TARP proteins. Biological Chemistry, 387, 179-187.

Yifan Cheng*, Olga Zak, Philip Aisen, Stephen C. Harrison and Thomas Walz* (2005) Single Particle Reconstruction of the Human Apo-Transferrin – Transferrin Receptor Complex. Journal of Structure Biology, 152, 204-210.
* corresponding authors

Tamir Gonen, Yifan Cheng, Piotr Sliz, Yoko Hiroaki, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi, Stephen C. Harrison and Thomas Walz (2005) Lipid-protein interactions in double-layered two-dimensional crystals of aquaporin-0. Nature, 438,633-638.*
* featured in Nature News and Views: Anthony G. Lee (2005) Cell biology: A greasy grip. Nature 438, 569-570, Nature Editor’s Summary and front cover of the issue.

David M. Smith, Galit Kafri, Yifan Cheng, David Ng, Thomas Walz and Alfred L. Goldberg (2005) ATP Binding to PAN or the 26S ATPases Causes Association with the 20S Proteasome, Gate Opening, and Translocation of Unfolded Proteins. Molecular Cell, 20, 687-698.

Terunaga Nakagawa, Yifan Cheng, Elizabeth Ramm, Morgan Sheng and Thomas Walz (2005) Structure and different conformational states of native AMPA receptor complexes. Nature, 433, 545-549

Yifan Cheng, Olga Zak, Philip Aisen, Stephen C. Harrison and Thomas Walz (2004) Structure of the Human Transferrin Receptor-Transferrin Complex. Cell 116, 565-576*.
* featured in Cell preview: D. R. Richardson, (2004) Mysteries of the Transferrin-Transferrin Receptor 1 Interaction Uncovered. Cell 116, 483-489.

Alexander Fotin, Yifan Cheng, Piotr Sliz, Nikolaus Grigorieff, Stephen C. Harrison, Tomas Kirchhausen and Thomas Walz (2004) Molecular model for a complete clathrin lattice from electron cryomicroscopy. Nature, 432, 573-579*.

Alexander Fotin, Yifan Cheng, Nikolaus Grigorieff, Thomas Walz, Stephen C. Harrison, and Tomas Kirchhausen (2004) Structure of an auxilin-bound clathrin coat and its implications for the mechanism of uncoating. Nature, 432, 649-653*.
* Both papers are featured in Nature News and Views: Frances M. Brodsky (2004) Clathrin’s Achilles’ ankle. Nature 432, 568-569.

Tamir Gonen, Piotr Sliz, Joerg Kistler, Yifan Cheng and Thomas Walz (2004) Aquaporin-0 membrane junctions reveal the structure of a closed water pore. Nature 429, 193-197.

Tamir Gonen, Yifan Cheng, Joerg Kistler and Thomas Walz (2004) Aquaporin-0 Membrane Junctions Form upon Proteolytic Cleavage. Journal of Molecular Biology 342, 1337-1345.

Melanie Ohi, Ying Li, Yifan Cheng and Thomas Walz (2004) Negative Staining and Image Classification - Powerful Tools in Modern Electron Microscopy. Biological Procedures Online 6, 23-34.

Bing Chen, Yifan Cheng, Lesley Calder, Stephen C. Harrison, Ellis L. Reinherz, John J. Skehel and Don C. Wiley (2004) A Chimeric Protein of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope Glycoprotein gp140 and Escherichia coli Aspartate Transcarbamoylase. Journal of Virology 78, 4508-4516.

Eric A. Toth, Ying Li, Michael R. Sawaya, Yifan Cheng, and Tom Ellenberger (2003) The crystal structure of Bifunctional Primase-Helicase of Bacteriophage T7. Molecular Cell 12, 1-20.

Gerardo Z. Lederkremer*, Yifan Cheng*, Benjamin M. Petre, Erik Vogan, Sebastian Springer, Randy Shekman, Thomas Walz and Tomas Kirchhausen (2001) Structure of the Sec23p/24p and Sec13p/31p complexes of COPII. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98, 10704-10709.
* equal contributions

I. Schmidt-Krey, K. Mitsuoka, T. Hirai, K. Murata, Y. Cheng, Y. Fujiyoshi, R. Morgenstern and H. Hebert (2000) The three-dimensional map of microsomal glutathione transferase 1 at 6 Å resolution. EMBO Journal 19, 6311-6316.

Ingeborg Schmidt-Krey, Kazuyoshi Murata, Teruhisa Hirai, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Yifan Cheng, Ralf Morgenstern, Yoshinori Fujiyoshi and Hans Hebert (1999) The projection structure of the membrane protein microsomal glutathione transferase at 3A resolution hexagonal crystals. Journal of Molecular Biology 288, 243-253.

Yoko Hiroaki, Kaoru Mitsuoka, Yifan Cheng, Hidekazu Hiroaki and Yoshinori Fujiyoshi (1999) Influence of various nucleotides on the in situ crystallization of Ca+2-ATPase. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1415, 361-368.

Yifan Cheng and Kenneth A. Taylor (1998) Characterizing the low magnification performance of an intermediate voltage electron microscope with field emission electron gun, CM300FEG. Ultramicroscopy 74, 209-220.

Kenneth A. Taylor, Jinghua Tang, Yifan Cheng and Hanspeter Winkler (1997) The use of electron tomography for structural analysis of disordered protein arrays. Journal of Structural Biology 120, 372-386.

J. Gjønnes, V. Hansen, B.S. Berg, P. Runde, Y.F. Cheng, K. Gjønnes and C. Gilmore (1998) Structure model for the phase AlmFe derived from electron diffraction intensities collected by combination of a precession technique and convergent-beam diffraction. Acta Crystallographica A54, 306-319.

Kjersti Gjønnes, Yifan Cheng, Bjørn S. Berg and Vidar Hansen (1998) Correction for multiple scattering in integrated electron diffraction intensities - Application to determination of structure factors in the [001] projection of AlmFe. Acta Crystallographica A54, 102-119.

Y.F. Cheng*, W. Nüchter, J. Mayer, A. Weickenmeier and J. Gjønnes (1996) Low order structure factor amplitude and sign measurement of an unknown structure AlmFe by quantitative CBED. Acta Crystallographica A52, 923-936.
* Corresponding author

Y.F. Cheng, F. Dettenwanger, J. Mayer, E. Schumann and M. Rühler (1996) Identification of a new phase formed during the oxidation of γ-Titanium Aluminum. Scripta Materialia 34, 707-711.

Y.F. Cheng and J. Gjønnes (1994) Strip projection approach to the new model of AlMnSi icosahedral quasicrystal. Acta Crystallographica A50, 455-461.

Y.F. Cheng, V. Hansen, J. Gjønnes and L.R.Wallenberg (1992) TEM study of the early stages of precipitation process in strip-cast Al3003 alloys. Journal of Materials Research 7, 3225-3241.

Y.F. Cheng and F.H. Li (1992) An attempt to describe one-dimensional incommensurate composite structure as phason-defected one dimensional quasiperiodic structure. Acta Crystallographica A48, 796-804.

Y.F. Cheng, G.Z. Pan and F.H. Li (1992) Real space approach to the linear phason strain. physica status solidi (b) 170, 47-55.

Y.F. Cheng, M.J. Hui and F.H. Li (1991) A new commensurate and its related incommensurate phase in Al-Cu-Fe alloys. Philosophical Magazine Letter 63, 49-55.

Y.F. Cheng, M.J. Hui and F.H. Li (1991) An intermediate State between the decagonal and monoclinic phase in an Al-Cu-Fe alloy. Philosophical Magazine Letter 64, 129-132.

Y.F. Cheng, M.J. Hui, X.S. Chen and F.H. Li (1990) Relationship between icosahedral phase and monoclinic phase in Al-Cu-Fe alloy. Philosophical Magazine Letter 61, 173-179.

Z.F. Ren, Y.F. Cheng, Y.D. Jiang and W.Y Guan (1990) Single crystal growth and characterization in Ca-Doped Y-Ba-Cu-O system. Journal of Material Science Letter 9, 738-740.

G.Z. Pan, Y.F. Cheng and F.H. Li (1990) A six-dimensional crystal related T2-Al6CuLi3 icosahedral quasicrystal and R-Al5CuLi3 body centered cubic crystal. Physical Review B 41, 3401-3405.

F.H. Li and Y.F. Cheng (1990) A simple approach to quasicrystal structure and defect formulation. Acta Crystallographica A46, 142 - 149.

Cheng Yifan, Hui Mengjun, Wu Xiaojing, Yang Dayu, Chen Xishen and Li Fanghua (1989) R-phase and icosahedral phase in Al-Cu-Fe alloys. Chinese Physics Letter 5, 529-532.

Li Fanghua, Pan Guangzhao and Cheng Yifan (1989) Transformation from icosahedral phase to body center cubic phase in cut description. Chinese Physics Letter 5, 464-468.

Yifan Cheng and Renhui Wang (1988) Convergent beam electron diffraction determination of the extinction distance of the quasicrystalline icosahedral phase. Solid State Communications 68, 795-797.

Yifan Cheng and Renhui Wang (1988) Dynamical theory of electron diffraction of quasicrystal. phyiscal status solidi (b) 152, 33-37.

Danshan Zhao, Renhui Wang, Yifan Cheng and Zhouguang Wang (1988) Calculation of diffraction patterns of icosahedral phase. Journal of Physics F: Metal Physics 18, 1893-1904.

Reihui Wang and Yifan Cheng (1987) Dynamical theory of electron diffraction and its application to the rocking curve simulation for quasicrystal. Materials Science Forum 22-24, 409-420.

R. Wang, J. Gui, S. Yao, Y. Cheng, G. Lu and M. Huang (1986) High-temperature X-ray diffraction study of the crystallization process in rapidly quenched Al6(Mn,Fe) alloy. Philosophical Magazine B54, L33-37.