Characterization of Mutants Deficient in the L,D-Carboxypeptidase (DacB) and WalRK (VicRK) Regulon, Involved in Peptidoglycan Maturation of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 2 Strain D39

Phenotypic Landscape of a Bacterial Cell

(2010) Robert J. Nichols et al.   CELL

Commensal pathogens, with a focus on Streptococcus pneumoniae, and interactions with the human host

(2010) Birgitta Henriques-Normark et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Localization and Cellular Amounts of the WalRKJ (VicRKX) Two-Component Regulatory System Proteins in Serotype 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) K. J. Wayne et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Instability of ackA (Acetate Kinase) Mutations and Their Effects on Acetyl Phosphate and ATP Amounts in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39

(2010) S. Ramos-Montanez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A new morphogenesis pathway in bacteria: unbalanced activity of cell wall synthesis machineries leads to coccus-to-rod transition and filamentation in ovococci

(2010) Daniel Pérez-Núñez et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumococcal CbpD is a murein hydrolase that requires a dual cell envelope binding specificity to kill target cells during fratricide

(2010) Vegard Eldholm et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Septal and lateral wall localization of PBP5, the major D,D-carboxypeptidase of Escherichia coli, requires substrate recognition and membrane attachment

(2010) Lakshmiprasad Potluri et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Insights into pneumococcal fratricide from the crystal structures of the modular killing factor LytC

(2010) Inmaculada Pérez-Dorado et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Architecture of peptidoglycan: more data and more models

(2010) Waldemar Vollmer et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Sculpting the Bacterial Cell

(2009) William Margolin   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Pneumonia in the elderly

(2009) Mateo Cabre   CURRENT OPINION IN PULMONARY MEDICINE

Pneumococcal pneumonia: clinical features, diagnosis and management in HIV-infected and HIV noninfected patients

(2009) Giordano Madeddu et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PULMONARY MEDICINE

Influences of Capsule on Cell Shape and Chain Formation of Wild-Type and pcsB Mutants of Serotype 2 Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) S. M. Barendt et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia

(2009) Tom van der Poll et al.   LANCET

Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae: contributions and role of the cell wall hydrolases CbpD, LytA and LytC

(2009) V. Eldholm et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The Pfam protein families database

(2009) Robert D. Finn et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural Basis of Murein Peptide Specificity of a γ-D-Glutamyl-L-Diamino Acid Endopeptidase

(2009) Qingping Xu et al.   STRUCTURE

Essentiality, Bypass, and Targeting of the YycFG (VicRK) Two-Component Regulatory System in Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2008) M. E. Winkler et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Insights into the Structure-Function Relationships of Pneumococcal Cell Wall Lysozymes, LytC and Cpl-1

(2008) Begoña Monterroso et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Penicillin-binding Protein 2x of Streptococcus pneumoniae: Three New Mutational Pathways for Remodelling an Essential Enzyme into a Resistance Determinant

(2008) Patrick Maurer et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

LysM, a widely distributed protein motif for binding to (peptido)glycans

(2008) Girbe Buist et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A matter of life and death: cell wall homeostasis and the WalKR (YycGF) essential signal transduction pathway

(2008) Sarah Dubrac et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

High-throughput, quantitative analyses of genetic interactions in E. coli

(2008) Athanasios Typas et al.   NATURE METHODS

The role of Streptococcus pneumoniae virulence factors in host respiratory colonization and disease

(2008) Aras Kadioglu et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity of Firmicutes peptidoglycan hydrolases and specificities of those involved in daughter cell separation

(2008) Séverine Layec et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Physiological functions of D-alanine carboxypeptidases in Escherichia coli

(2008) Anindya S. Ghosh et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY