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

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

(2011) S. M. Barendt et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Absence of pneumococcal PcsB is associated with overexpression of LysM domain-containing proteins

(2011) C. Giefing-Kroll et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Multiple essential roles for EzrA in cell division of Staphylococcus aureus

(2011) Victoria R. Steele et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial Shape: Two-Dimensional Questions and Possibilities

(2010) Kevin D. Young   Annual Review of Microbiology

Identification of novel non-coding small RNAs from Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 using high-resolution genome tiling arrays

(2010) Ranjit Kumar et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Bridging cell wall biosynthesis and bacterial morphogenesis

(2010) Pierre-Jean Matteï et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Downregulation of GbpB, a Component of the VicRK Regulon, Affects Biofilm Formation and Cell Surface Characteristics ofStreptococcus mutans

(2010) Cristiane Duque et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

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

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

Positioning cell wall synthetic complexes by the bacterial morphogenetic proteins MreB and MreD

(2010) Courtney L. White et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Comprehensive identification of essential Staphylococcus aureus genes using Transposon-Mediated Differential Hybridisation (TMDH)

(2009) Roy R Chaudhuri et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The dynamic nature of the bacterial cytoskeleton

(2009) Purva Vats et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Sculpting the Bacterial Cell

(2009) William Margolin   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A weak dd-carboxypeptidase activity explains the inability of PBP 6 to substitute for PBP 5 in maintaining normal cell shape inEscherichia coli

(2009) Chiranjit Chowdhury et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

In Escherichia coli, MreB and FtsZ Direct the Synthesis of Lateral Cell Wall via Independent Pathways That Require PBP 2

(2009) A. Varma et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

MreB Drives De Novo Rod Morphogenesis in Caulobacter crescentus via Remodeling of the Cell Wall

(2009) C. N. Takacs et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

Identification and Characterization of Noncoding Small RNAs in Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 2 Strain D39

(2009) H.-C. T. Tsui et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Assembly of the MreB-associated cytoskeletal ring of Escherichia coli

(2009) Purva Vats et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Partial functional redundancy of MreB isoforms, MreB, Mbl and MreBH, in cell morphogenesis ofBacillus subtilis

(2009) Yoshikazu Kawai et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of cell wall morphogenesis inBacillus subtilisby recruitment of PBP1 to the MreB helix

(2009) Yoshikazu Kawai et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Tn-seq: high-throughput parallel sequencing for fitness and genetic interaction studies in microorganisms

(2009) Tim van Opijnen et al.   NATURE METHODS

Control of the cell elongation–division cycle by shuttling of PBP1 protein in Bacillus subtilis

(2008) Dennis Claessen et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY