Identification of EloR (Spr1851) as a regulator of cell elongation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

The cell wall precursor lipid II acts as a molecular signal for the Ser/Thr kinase PknB of Staphylococcus aureus

(2017) Patrick Hardt et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence that pneumococcal WalK is regulated by StkP through protein–protein interaction

(2017) Gro Anita Stamsås et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

High‐throughput CRISPRi phenotyping identifies new essential genes in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2017) Xue Liu et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Chromosome segregation drives division site selection inStreptococcus pneumoniae

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Characterization of pneumococcal Ser/Thr protein phosphatase phpP mutant and identification of a novel PhpP substrate, putative RNA binding protein Jag

(2016) Aleš Ulrych et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of pneumococcal proteins that are functionally linked to penicillin-binding protein 2b (PBP2b)

(2016) Daniel Straume et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Suppression of a deletion mutation in the gene encoding essential PBP2b reveals a new lytic transglycosylase involved in peripheral peptidoglycan synthesis inStreptococcus pneumoniaeD39

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SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases

(2016) Alexander J. Meeske et al.   NATURE

Rewiring the Pneumococcal Cell Cycle with Serine/Threonine- and Tyrosine-kinases

(2016) Christophe Grangeasse   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

CozE is a member of the MreCD complex that directs cell elongation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2016) Andrew K. Fenton et al.   Nature Microbiology

MicrobeJ, a tool for high throughput bacterial cell detection and quantitative analysis

(2016) Adrien Ducret et al.   Nature Microbiology

Identification of MltG as a potential terminase for peptidoglycan polymerization in bacteria

(2015) Rachel Yunck et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Prokka: rapid prokaryotic genome annotation

(2014) T. Seemann   BIOINFORMATICS

The Elongation of Ovococci

(2014) Jules Philippe et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

MapZ marks the division sites and positions FtsZ rings in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2014) Aurore Fleurie et al.   NATURE

Interplay of the Serine/Threonine-Kinase StkP and the Paralogs DivIVA and GpsB in Pneumococcal Cell Elongation and Division

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From models to pathogens: how much have we learned aboutStreptococcus pneumoniaecell division?

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Effects of Low PBP2b Levels on Cell Morphology and Peptidoglycan Composition in Streptococcus pneumoniae R6

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Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data

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Phosphorylation of theStreptococcus pneumoniaecell wall biosynthesis enzyme MurC by a eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr kinase

(2012) Shaun P. Falk et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

SPAdes: A New Genome Assembly Algorithm and Its Applications to Single-Cell Sequencing

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Structural Basis for 5′-End-Specific Recognition of Single-Stranded DNA by the R3H Domain from Human Sμbp-2

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KH domains with impaired nucleic acid binding as a tool for functional analysis

(2012) David Hollingworth et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Control of cell division in Streptococcus pneumoniae by the conserved Ser/Thr protein kinase StkP

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The Requirement for Pneumococcal MreC and MreD Is Relieved by Inactivation of the Gene Encoding PBP1a

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Mutational dissection of the S/T-kinase StkP reveals crucial roles in cell division of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2011) Aurore Fleurie et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The Extracytoplasmic Domain of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Ser/Thr Kinase PknB Binds Specific Muropeptides and Is Required for PknB Localization

(2011) Mushtaq Mir et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Recognition of peptidoglycan and β-lactam antibiotics by the extracellular domain of the Ser/Thr protein kinase StkP fromStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Beatriz Maestro et al.   FEBS LETTERS

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

Phosphoproteomic Analysis Reveals the Multiple Roles of Phosphorylation in Pathogenic BacteriumStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) Xuesong Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

RodZ, a component of the bacterial core morphogenic apparatus

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A Eukaryotic-like Ser/Thr Kinase Signals Bacteria to Exit Dormancy in Response to Peptidoglycan Fragments

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Structure and function of KH domains

(2008) Roberto Valverde et al.   FEBS Journal

A predatory mechanism dramatically increases the efficiency of lateral gene transfer inStreptococcus pneumoniaeand related commensal species

(2008) Ola Johnsborg et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY