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X. Li, Y. Wu, G. Tian, Y. Jiang, Z. Liu, X. Meng, X. Bao, L. Feng, H. Sun, H. Deng, X. D. Li*, Chemical proteomic profiling of bromodomains enables the wide-spectrum evaluation of bromodomain inhibitors in living cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 11497-11505.

X. Li, X. D. Li*, Integrative chemical biology approaches to deciphering the histone code: a problem-driven journey. Acc. Chem. Res., 2021, 54, 3734-3747.

X. Li*, S. Liu; X. Li, X. D. Li*, YEATS domains as novel epigenetic readers: structures, functions, and inhibitor development. ACS Chem. Biol., 2023, 18, 994-1013.

A. Zhu#, X. Li#, L. Bai#, G. Zhu, Y. Guo, J. Lin, Y. Cui, G. Tian, L. Zhang, J. Wang, X. D. Li*, L. Li*, Biomimetic -selective ribosylations enable two-step modular syntheses of biologically important ADP-ribosylated peptides. Nat. Commun., 2020, 11, 5600. (#equally contributed)

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S. Liu; X. Li, X. Li*, X. D. Li*, Recent advances in the development of peptide-based inhibitors targeting epigenetic readers of histone lysine acetylation and methylation marks. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2023, 75, 102334.

X. Bao#, Y. Wang#, X. Li#, X.-M. Li#, Z. Liu, T. Yang, C. F. Wong, J. Zhang, Q. Hao, X. D. Li*, Identification of ‘erasers’ for lysine crotonylated histone marks using a chemical proteomics approach. eLife, 2014, 3. (#equally contributed)

X. Li, X. D. Li*, Chemical proteomics approaches to examine novel histone posttranslational modifications. Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol., 2015, 24, 80-90.