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2. Edward C. Twomey*, Zhejian Ji*, Thomas E. Wales, Nicholas O. Bodnar, Scott B. Ficarro, Jarrod A. Marto, John R. Engen, Tom A. Rapoport. Substrate processing by the Cdc48 ATPase complex is initiated by ubiquitin unfolding. (2019) Science, 365(6452):eaax1033. doi: 10.1126/science.aax1033.

3. Nicholas O. Bodnar, Kelly H. Kim, Zhejian Ji, Thomas E. Wales, Vladimir Svetlov, Evgeny Nudler, John R. Engen, Thomas Walz, Tom A. Rapoport. Structure of the Cdc48 ATPase with its ubiquitin-binding cofactor Ufd1-Npl4. (2018) Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 25(7):616-622. doi: 10.1038/s41594-018-0085-x.

4. Zhejian Ji*, Haishan Gao*, Luying Jia, Bing Li, Hongtao Yu. A sequential multi-target Mps1 phosphorylation cascade promotes spindle checkpoint signaling. (2017) eLife, 6:e22513. doi: 10.7554/eLife.22513.

5. Zhejian Ji, Haishan Gao, Hongtao Yu. Kinetochore attachment sensed by competitive Mps1 and microtubule binding to Ndc80C. (2015) Science, 348(6240):1260–1264. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa4029.