Studying Biomolecule Localization by Engineering Bacterial Cell Wall Curvature

Finding the corners in a cell

(2012) Henrik Strahl et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Helical MreB Cytoskeleton in Escherichia coli MC1000/pLE7 Is an Artifact of the N-Terminal Yellow Fluorescent Protein Tag

(2012) Matthew T. Swulius et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Measuring the stiffness of bacterial cells from growth rates in hydrogels of tunable elasticity

(2012) Hannah H. Tuson et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Segregation of molecules at cell division reveals native protein localization

(2012) Dirk Landgraf et al.   NATURE METHODS

Helical insertion of peptidoglycan produces chiral ordering of the bacterial cell wall

(2012) S. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Influence of droplet size, pH and ionic strength on endotoxin-triggered ordering transitions in liquid crystalline droplets

(2012) Daniel S. Miller et al.   Soft Matter

Chemical–Biological Studies of Subcellular Organization in Bacteria

(2011) Marie H. Foss et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Direct Membrane Binding by Bacterial Actin MreB

(2011) Jeanne Salje et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

The bacterial actin MreB rotates, and rotation depends on cell-wall assembly

(2011) S. van Teeffelen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cardiolipin-based respiratory complex activation in bacteria

(2011) R. Arias-Cartin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cardiolipin microdomains localize to negatively curved regions of Escherichia coli membranes

(2011) L. D. Renner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Endotoxin-Induced Structural Transformations in Liquid Crystalline Droplets

(2011) I.-H. Lin et al.   SCIENCE

Processive Movement of MreB-Associated Cell Wall Biosynthetic Complexes in Bacteria

(2011) J. Dominguez-Escobar et al.   SCIENCE

Coupled, Circumferential Motions of the Cell Wall Synthesis Machinery and MreB Filaments in B. subtilis

(2011) E. C. Garner et al.   SCIENCE

MreB: pilot or passenger of cell wall synthesis?

(2011) Courtney L. White et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Functional microdomains in bacterial membranes

(2010) D. Lopez et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Macromolecules that prefer their membranes curvy

(2010) Kerwyn Casey Huang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Processivity of peptidoglycan synthesis provides a built-in mechanism for the robustness of straight-rod cell morphology

(2010) O. Sliusarenko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The action of cardiolipin on the bacterial translocon

(2010) V. A. M. Gold et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamic sorting of lipids and proteins in membrane tubes with a moving phase boundary

(2010) M. Heinrich et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lipid Rafts As a Membrane-Organizing Principle

(2010) D. Lingwood et al.   SCIENCE

Localisation of DivIVA by targeting to negatively curved membranes

(2009) Rok Lenarcic et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Emerging roles for lipids in shaping membrane-protein function

(2009) Rob Phillips et al.   NATURE

Quantitative genome-scale analysis of protein localization in an asymmetric bacterium

(2009) J. N. Werner et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Negative membrane curvature as a cue for subcellular localization of a bacterial protein

(2009) K. S. Ramamurthi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Geometric Cue for Protein Localization in a Bacterium

(2009) K. S. Ramamurthi et al.   SCIENCE

Why and How Bacteria Localize Proteins

(2009) L. Shapiro et al.   SCIENCE

Dissecting microbiological systems using materials science

(2009) Abishek Muralimohan et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Lipid Localization in Bacterial Cells through Curvature-Mediated Microphase Separation

(2008) Ranjan Mukhopadhyay et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

RodZ (YfgA) is required for proper assembly of the MreB actin cytoskeleton and cell shape in E. coli

(2008) Felipe O Bendezú et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Lipoteichoic Acid Is a Major Component of the Bacillus subtilis Periplasm

(2008) V. R. F. Matias et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Peptide inhibitor of cytokinesis during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

(2008) Aaron A. Handler et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cell shape and cell-wall organization in Gram-negative bacteria

(2008) K. C. Huang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular organization of Gram-negative peptidoglycan

(2008) L. Gan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA