Publications
2024
Journal Article
52 (20), pp. 12592 - 12603 (2024)
Visualization of Type IV-A1 CRISPR-mediated repression of gene expression and plasmid replication. Nucleic Acids Research
Journal Article
15 (1), 7616 (2024)
An outer membrane porin-lipoprotein complex modulates elongasome movement to establish cell curvature in Rhodospirillum rubrum. Nature Communications
Journal Article
80, 102515 (2024)
Editorial overview: Rise of the bacterial nanomachines. Current Opinion in Microbiology
Preprint
Membrane binding properties of the cytoskeletal protein bactofilin. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2024.06.14.599034 (2024)
Journal Article
13 (5), pp. 1537 - 1548 (2024)
Modular low-copy-number plasmid vectors for Rhodobacterales with extended host range in Alphaproteobacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology
Journal Article
12, RP86577 (2024)
A dynamic bactofilin cytoskeleton cooperates with an M23 endopeptidase to control bacterial morphogenesis. eLife
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7, 772 (2024)
The cytoplasmic phosphate level has a central regulatory role in the phosphate starvation response of Caulobacter crescentus. Communications Biology
Journal Article
15 (1), 318 (2024)
The virulence regulator VirB from Shigella flexneri uses a CTP-dependent switch mechanism to activate gene expression. Nature Communications 2023
Journal Article
89 (7), e0023823 (2023)
Functional degeneracy in Paracoccus denitrificans Pd1222 is coordinated via RamB, which links expression of the Glyoxylate cycle to activity of the Ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Journal Article
14 (1), 4567 (2023)
Partition complex structure can arise from sliding and bridging of ParB dimers. Nature Communications
Journal Article
14 (1), 4095 (2023)
DipM controls multiple autolysins and mediates a regulatory feedback loop promoting cell constriction in Caulobacter crescentus. Nature Communications 2022
Journal Article
119 (50), e2208227119 (2022)
MipZ caps the plus-end of FtsZ polymers to promote their rapid disassembly. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2021
Journal Article
81 (19), pp. 3992 - 4007 e10 (2021)
The CTPase activity of ParB determines the size and dynamics of prokaryotic DNA partition complexes. Molecular Cell
Journal Article
12 (1), 1963 (2021)
Learning the distribution of single-cell chromosome conformations in bacteria reveals emergent order across genomic scales. Nature Communications 2020
Journal Article
401 (12), pp. 1349 - 1363 (2020)
Generating asymmetry in a changing environment: cell cycle regulation in dimorphic alphaproteobacteria. BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Journal Article
114 (1), pp. 140 - 150 (2020)
BacStalk: A comprehensive and interactive image analysis software tool for bacterial cell biology. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
Journal Article
7, 98 (2020)
Bio-Layer Interferometry Analysis of the Target Binding Activity of CRISPR-Cas Effector Complexes. FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES
Journal Article
48 (9), pp. 4769 - 4779 (2020)
Molecular architecture of the DNA-binding sites of the P-loop MipZ and ParA from Caulobacter crescentus. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Journal Article
21 (1), 35 (2020)
Bacterial cell growth is arrested by violet and blue, but not yellow light excitation during fluorescence microscopy. BMC MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY
Journal Article
16 (4), e1008724 (2020)
Integrative and quantitative view of the CtrA regulatory network in a stalked budding bacterium. PLOS GENETICS 2019
Journal Article
112 (5), pp. 1423 - 1439 (2019)
A gradient-forming MipZ protein mediating the control of cell division in the magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
Journal Article
10, 3290 (2019)
Two-step chromosome segregation in the stalked budding bacterium Hyphomonas neptunium. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Journal Article
15 (2), e1007897 (2019)
A specialized MreB-dependent cell wall biosynthetic complex mediates the formation of stalk-specific peptidoglycan in Caulobacter crescentus. PLOS GENETICS
Journal Article
10 (4), e00805-19 (2019)
Dynamic metabolic rewiring enables efficient acetyl coenzyme A assimilation in Paracoccus denitrificans. mBio
Journal Article
179 (7), pp. 1512 - 1524.e15 (2019)
ParB-type DNA Segregation Proteins Are CTP-Dependent Molecular Switches. Cell 2018
Journal Article
28 (7), pp. R306 - R308 (2018)
Cell Division: Symbiotic Bacteria Turn It Upside Down. CURRENT BIOLOGY 2017
Journal Article
8, 1817 (2017)
Bactofilin-mediated organization of the ParABS chromosome segregation system in Myxococcus xanthus. Nature Communications
Journal Article
106 (3), pp. 419 - 438 (2017)
LytM factors affect the recruitment of autolysins to the cell division site in Caulobacter crescentus. Molecular Microbiology
Journal Article
6 (6), pp. 968 - 984 (2017)
A Family of Single Copy repABC-Type Shuttle Vectors Stably Maintained in the Alpha-Proteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti. ACS Synthetic Biology
Journal Article
103 (5), pp. 875 - 895 (2017)
Dynamics of the peptidoglycan biosynthetic machinery in the stalked budding bacterium Hyphomonas neptunium. Molecular Microbiology 2016
Journal Article
102 (5), pp. 925 - 938 (2016)
Mutations targeting the plug-domain of the Shewanella oneidensis proton-driven stator allow swimming at increased viscosity and under anaerobic conditions. Molecular Microbiology
Journal Article
6, 1561 (2016)
A Fluorescent Bioreporter for Acetophenone and 1-Phenylethanol derived from a Specifically Induced Catabolic Operon. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY 2015
Journal Article
1 (11), e1501087 (2015)
Atomic-resolution structure of cytoskeletal bactofilin by solid-state NMR. Sciences Advances
Journal Article
112 (2), pp. E127 - E136 (2015)
beta-Helical architecture of cytoskeletal bactofilin filaments revealed by solid-state NMR. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Journal Article
81 (2), pp. 736 - 744 (2015)
Molecular Toolbox for Genetic Manipulation of the Stalked Budding Bacterium Hyphomonas neptunium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2014
Journal Article
9 (8), e103863 (2014)
Effect of the Min System on Timing of Cell Division in Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE
Journal Article
111 (13), pp. 4741 - 4742 (2014)
Plasmid segregation by a moving ATPase gradient. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Journal Article
196 (8), pp. 1627 - 1639 (2014)
Function and Localization Dynamics of Bifunctional Penicillin-Binding Proteins in Caulobacter crescentus. Journal of Bacteriology
Journal Article
22 (2), pp. 65 - 73 (2014)
Spatiotemporal organization of microbial cells by protein concentration gradients. Trends in Microbiology 2013
Journal Article
70 (8), pp. 409 - 423 (2013)
Nucleotide-independent cytoskeletal scaffolds in bacteria. Cytoskeleton
Journal Article
135 (26), pp. 9768 - 9776 (2013)
Divin: A Small Molecule Inhibitor of Bacterial Divisome Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal Article
6 (4), e24561 (2013)
Physiological role of stalk lengthening in Caulobacter crescentus. Communicative & Integrative Biology / Landes BioScience
Journal Article
25 (2), pp. 119 - 131 (2013)
Two Small GTPases Act in Concert with the Bactofilin Cytoskeleton to Regulate Dynamic Bacterial Cell Polarity. Developmental Cell 2012
Journal Article
151 (6), pp. 1270 - 1282 (2012)
General Protein Diffusion Barriers Create Compartments within Bacterial Cells. Cell
Journal Article
134 (28), pp. 11322 - 11325 (2012)
DCAP: A Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic That Targets the Cytoplasmic Membrane of Bacteria. Journal of the American Chemical Society
Journal Article
287 (28), pp. 23878 - 23886 (2012)
Characterization of Caulobacter crescentus FtsZ Protein Using Dynamic Light Scattering. Journal of Biological Chemistry
Journal Article
46 (3), pp. 245 - 259 (2012)
Localized Dimerization and Nucleoid Binding Drive Gradient Formation by the Bacterial Cell Division Inhibitor MipZ. MOLECULAR CELL
Journal Article
46 (3), pp. 245 - 259 (2012)
Localized Dimerization and Nucleoid Binding Drive Gradient Formation by the Bacterial Cell Division Inhibitor MipZ. Molecular Cell 2011
Journal Article
14 (6), pp. 687 - 690 (2011)
Good things come in small packages: Subcellular organization and development in bacteria. Current Opinion in Microbiology
Journal Article
82 (3), pp. 748 - 757 (2011)
Activated chemoreceptor arrays remain intact and hexagonally packed. Molecular Microbiology 2010
Journal Article
77 (1), pp. 90 - 107 (2010)
DipM, a new factor required for peptidoglycan remodelling during cell division in Caulobacter crescentus. Molecular Microbiology
Journal Article
29, pp. 327 - 339 (2010)
Bactofilins, a ubiquitous class of cytoskeletal proteins mediating polar localization of a cell wall synthase in Caulobacter crescentus. The EMBO Journal 2009
Journal Article
2 (1), p. a000331 (2009)
Synchronization of Chromosome Dynamics and Cell Division in Bacteria. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
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Spatial regulation in Caulobacter crescentus. Growth and development: prokaryotes, pp. 715 - 721 (2009)
Journal Article
137, pp. 598 - 600 (2009)
Closing the Ring: A New Twist to Bacterial Chromosome Condensation. Cell
Journal Article
72 (4), pp. 1037 - 1044 (2009)
FtsN-like proteins are conserved components of the cell division machinery in proteobacteria. Molecular Microbiology 2008
Journal Article
22 (2), pp. 212 - 225 (2008)
The dynamic interplay between a cell fate determinant and a lysozyme homolog drives the asymmetric division cycle of Caulobacter crescentus. Genes & Development
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6 (1), pp. 28 - 40 (2008)
Getting organized--how bacterial cells move proteins and DNA. Nature Reviews Microbiology 2007
Journal Article
35, e137, pp. 1 - 16 (2007)
A comprehensive set of plasmids for vanillate- and xylose-inducible gene expression in Caulobacter crescentus. Nucleic Acids Research 2006
Journal Article
126, pp. 147 - 162 (2006)
MipZ, a spatial regulator coordinating chromosome segregation with cell division in Caulobacter. Cell
Journal Article
156, pp. 292 - 303 (2006)
Chromosome organization and segregation in bacteria. Journal of Structural Biology 2005
Journal Article
96 (3), pp. 506 - 521 (2005)
The bacterial nucleoid: A highly organized and dynamic structure. JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
Journal Article
13 (5), pp. 221 - 228 (2005)
The choreographed dynamics of bacterial chromosomes. TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Journal Article
15 (2), pp. 153 - 162 (2005)
The structure and function of the bacterial chromosome. CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT
Journal Article
24 (1), pp. 11 - 22 (2005)
Selenocysteine tRNA-specific elongation factor SelB is a structural chimaera of elongation and initiation factors. EMBO JOURNAL 2004
Journal Article
101 (25), pp. 9257 - 9262 (2004)
Rapid and sequential movement of individual chromosomal loci to specific subcellular locations during bacterial DNA replication. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Journal Article
1 (1) (2004)
Selenocysteine. EcoSal Plus 2003
Journal Article
31 (2), pp. 265 - 270 (2003)
Purification and characterization of hexahistidine-tagged elongation factor SelB. PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION 2002
Journal Article
21 (24), pp. 6925 - 6934 (2002)
The function of SECIS RNA in translational control of gene expression in Escherichia coli. EMBO JOURNAL
Journal Article
347, pp. 3 - 16 (2002)
Selenoprotein biosynthesis: purification and assay of components involved in selenocysteine biosynthesis and insertion in Escherichia coli. Methods Enzymol
Book Chapter
Selenocysteine. In: Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (Eds. Ibba, M.; Cusack, C.; Francklyn, S.). Landes Bioscienes, Georgetown, USA (2002)
2001
Journal Article
14 (1-4), pp. 53 - 59 (2001)
Functional analysis of prokaryotic SELB proteins. BIOFACTORS 2000
Journal Article
275 (27), pp. 20458 - 20466 (2000)
Kinetics of the interaction of translation factor SelB from Escherichia coli with guanosine nucleotides and selenocysteine insertion sequence RNA. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 1999
Journal Article
274 (9), pp. 5407 - 5414 (1999)
A family of S-methylmethionine-dependent thiol/selenol methyltransferases - Role in selenium tolerance and evolutionary relation. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Journal Article
181 (2), pp. 662 - 665 (1999)
S-methylmethionine metabolism in Escherichia coli. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 1998
Journal Article
259 (1), pp. 68 - 73 (1998)
Strep-tag II affinity purification: An approach to study intermediates of metalloenzyme biosynthesis. ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY