1. K. Aaron Geno, C. Allen Bush, Mengnan Wang, Cheng Jin, Moon H. Nahm*, Jinghua Yang*. WciG O-Acetyltransferase functionality differentiates pneumococcal serotypes 35C and 42. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2017, 55(9): 2775-2784. (IF=4.959)
2. Jinghua Yang*, Yuan Zhou, Luxia Zhang, Nehal Shah, Cheng Jin, Robert J. Palmer Jr, John O. Cisar, Cell-surface glycoside hydrolases of Streptococcus gordonii promote growth in saliva Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2016, 82(17):5278-5286. (IF=4.077) (Spotlight article)
3. C. Allen Bush, John O. Cisar, Jinghua Yang*. Structures of capsular polysaccharide serotype 35F and 35C of Streptococcus pneumoniae determined by nuclear magnetic resonance and their relation to other cross-reactive serotypes. Journal of Bacteriology, 2015, 197(17):2762-9. (IF=3.234)
4. Jinghua Yang, Yasuo Yoshida, John O. Cisar*. Genetic Basis of coaggeragation receptor polysaccharide biosynthesis in Streptococcus sanguinis and related species. Molecular Oral Microbiology, 2014, 29:24-31. (IF=2.925)
5. Jinghua Yang, Moon H. Nahm, C. Allen Bush, and John O. Cisar*. Comparative structural and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharide serogroup 10. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011, 286(41), 35813-35822. (IF=4.106)
6. Jinghua Yang, Shelat N. Y, C. Allen Bush, and John O. Cisar*. Structure and molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae capsular polysaccharide 10F by carbohydrate engineering in Streptococcus oralis, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2010, 285(31):24217-24227. (IF=4.106)
7. Jinghua Yang, Ritchey M., Yoshida Y, C. Allen Bush, and John O. Cisar*. Comparative Structural and Molecular characterization of Ribitol-5-Phosphate-Containing Streptococcus oralis Caggregation Receptor Polysaccharides. Journal of Bacteriology. 2009, 191:1891-1900. (IF=3.234)
8. Jinghua Yang, John O. Cisar and C. Allen Bush*. Structure of type 3Gn coaggregation receptor polysaccharide for Streptococcus cristatus LS4. Carbohydrate Research, 2011; 346:1342-1346. (IF=1.873)