Publications
2025
Preprint
Peptidoglycan recycling is critical for cell division, cell wall integrity and β-lactam resistance in Caulobacter crescentus. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.10.15.682734 (2025)
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Molecular basis of ParA ATPase activation by the CTPase ParB during bacterial chromosome segregation. Nature Communications 16 (1), 8428 (2025)
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Membrane binding properties of the cytoskeletal protein bactofilin. eLife 13, RP100749 (2025)
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A conserved nuclease facilitates environmental DNA uptake. Nucleic Acids Research 53 (10), gkaf443 (2025)
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Learning the dynamic organization of a replicating bacterial chromosome from time-course Hi-C data. bioRxiv: the preprint server for biology, 2025.04.03.647011 (2025)
2024
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Visualization of Type IV-A1 CRISPR-mediated repression of gene expression and plasmid replication. Nucleic Acids Research 52 (20), pp. 12592 - 12603 (2024)
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An outer membrane porin-lipoprotein complex modulates elongasome movement to establish cell curvature in Rhodospirillum rubrum. Nature Communications 15 (1), 7616 (2024)
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Editorial overview: Rise of the bacterial nanomachines. Current Opinion in Microbiology 80, 102515 (2024)
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Modular low-copy-number plasmid vectors for Rhodobacterales with extended host range in Alphaproteobacteria. ACS Synthetic Biology 13 (5), pp. 1537 - 1548 (2024)
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A dynamic bactofilin cytoskeleton cooperates with an M23 endopeptidase to control bacterial morphogenesis. eLife 12, RP86577 (2024)
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The cytoplasmic phosphate level has a central regulatory role in the phosphate starvation response of Caulobacter crescentus. Communications Biology 7, 772 (2024)
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The virulence regulator VirB from Shigella flexneri uses a CTP-dependent switch mechanism to activate gene expression. Nature Communications 15 (1), 318 (2024)
2023
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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 89 (7), e0023823 (2023)
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Partition complex structure can arise from sliding and bridging of ParB dimers. Nature Communications 14 (1), 4567 (2023)
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DipM controls multiple autolysins and mediates a regulatory feedback loop promoting cell constriction in Caulobacter crescentus. Nature Communications 14 (1), 4095 (2023)
2022
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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 119 (50), e2208227119 (2022)
2021
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The CTPase activity of ParB determines the size and dynamics of prokaryotic DNA partition complexes. Molecular Cell 81 (19), pp. 3992 - 4007 e10 (2021)
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Learning the distribution of single-cell chromosome conformations in bacteria reveals emergent order across genomic scales. Nature Communications 12 (1), 1963 (2021)
2020
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Generating asymmetry in a changing environment: cell cycle regulation in dimorphic alphaproteobacteria. BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 401 (12), pp. 1349 - 1363 (2020)
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BacStalk: A comprehensive and interactive image analysis software tool for bacterial cell biology. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY 114 (1), pp. 140 - 150 (2020)
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Bio-Layer Interferometry Analysis of the Target Binding Activity of CRISPR-Cas Effector Complexes. FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES 7, 98 (2020)
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Molecular architecture of the DNA-binding sites of the P-loop MipZ and ParA from Caulobacter crescentus. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH 48 (9), pp. 4769 - 4779 (2020)
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Bacterial cell growth is arrested by violet and blue, but not yellow light excitation during fluorescence microscopy. BMC MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY 21 (1), 35 (2020)
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Integrative and quantitative view of the CtrA regulatory network in a stalked budding bacterium. PLOS GENETICS 16 (4), e1008724 (2020)
2019
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A gradient-forming MipZ protein mediating the control of cell division in the magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense. MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY 112 (5), pp. 1423 - 1439 (2019)
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Two-step chromosome segregation in the stalked budding bacterium Hyphomonas neptunium. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 10, 3290 (2019)
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A specialized MreB-dependent cell wall biosynthetic complex mediates the formation of stalk-specific peptidoglycan in Caulobacter crescentus. PLOS GENETICS 15 (2), e1007897 (2019)
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Dynamic metabolic rewiring enables efficient acetyl coenzyme A assimilation in Paracoccus denitrificans. mBio 10 (4), e00805-19 (2019)
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ParB-type DNA Segregation Proteins Are CTP-Dependent Molecular Switches. Cell 179 (7), pp. 1512 - 1524.e15 (2019)
2018
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Cell Division: Symbiotic Bacteria Turn It Upside Down. CURRENT BIOLOGY 28 (7), pp. R306 - R308 (2018)
2017
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Bactofilin-mediated organization of the ParABS chromosome segregation system in Myxococcus xanthus. Nature Communications 8, 1817 (2017)
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LytM factors affect the recruitment of autolysins to the cell division site in Caulobacter crescentus. Molecular Microbiology 106 (3), pp. 419 - 438 (2017)
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A Family of Single Copy repABC-Type Shuttle Vectors Stably Maintained in the Alpha-Proteobacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti. ACS Synthetic Biology 6 (6), pp. 968 - 984 (2017)
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Dynamics of the peptidoglycan biosynthetic machinery in the stalked budding bacterium Hyphomonas neptunium. Molecular Microbiology 103 (5), pp. 875 - 895 (2017)
2016
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Mutations targeting the plug-domain of the Shewanella oneidensis proton-driven stator allow swimming at increased viscosity and under anaerobic conditions. Molecular Microbiology 102 (5), pp. 925 - 938 (2016)
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A Fluorescent Bioreporter for Acetophenone and 1-Phenylethanol derived from a Specifically Induced Catabolic Operon. FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY 6, 1561 (2016)
2015
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Atomic-resolution structure of cytoskeletal bactofilin by solid-state NMR. Sciences Advances 1 (11), e1501087 (2015)
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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 112 (2), pp. E127 - E136 (2015)
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Molecular Toolbox for Genetic Manipulation of the Stalked Budding Bacterium Hyphomonas neptunium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81 (2), pp. 736 - 744 (2015)
2014
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Effect of the Min System on Timing of Cell Division in Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE 9 (8), e103863 (2014)
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Plasmid segregation by a moving ATPase gradient. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111 (13), pp. 4741 - 4742 (2014)
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Function and Localization Dynamics of Bifunctional Penicillin-Binding Proteins in Caulobacter crescentus. Journal of Bacteriology 196 (8), pp. 1627 - 1639 (2014)
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Spatiotemporal organization of microbial cells by protein concentration gradients. Trends in Microbiology 22 (2), pp. 65 - 73 (2014)
2013
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Nucleotide-independent cytoskeletal scaffolds in bacteria. Cytoskeleton 70 (8), pp. 409 - 423 (2013)
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Divin: A Small Molecule Inhibitor of Bacterial Divisome Assembly. Journal of the American Chemical Society 135 (26), pp. 9768 - 9776 (2013)
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Physiological role of stalk lengthening in Caulobacter crescentus. Communicative & Integrative Biology / Landes BioScience 6 (4), e24561 (2013)
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Two Small GTPases Act in Concert with the Bactofilin Cytoskeleton to Regulate Dynamic Bacterial Cell Polarity. Developmental Cell 25 (2), pp. 119 - 131 (2013)
2012
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General Protein Diffusion Barriers Create Compartments within Bacterial Cells. Cell 151 (6), pp. 1270 - 1282 (2012)
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DCAP: A Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic That Targets the Cytoplasmic Membrane of Bacteria. Journal of the American Chemical Society 134 (28), pp. 11322 - 11325 (2012)
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Characterization of Caulobacter crescentus FtsZ Protein Using Dynamic Light Scattering. Journal of Biological Chemistry 287 (28), pp. 23878 - 23886 (2012)
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Localized Dimerization and Nucleoid Binding Drive Gradient Formation by the Bacterial Cell Division Inhibitor MipZ. MOLECULAR CELL 46 (3), pp. 245 - 259 (2012)
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Localized Dimerization and Nucleoid Binding Drive Gradient Formation by the Bacterial Cell Division Inhibitor MipZ. Molecular Cell 46 (3), pp. 245 - 259 (2012)
2011
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Good things come in small packages: Subcellular organization and development in bacteria. Current Opinion in Microbiology 14 (6), pp. 687 - 690 (2011)
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Activated chemoreceptor arrays remain intact and hexagonally packed. Molecular Microbiology 82 (3), pp. 748 - 757 (2011)
2010
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DipM, a new factor required for peptidoglycan remodelling during cell division in Caulobacter crescentus. Molecular Microbiology 77 (1), pp. 90 - 107 (2010)
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Bactofilins, a ubiquitous class of cytoskeletal proteins mediating polar localization of a cell wall synthase in Caulobacter crescentus. The EMBO Journal 29, pp. 327 - 339 (2010)
2009
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Synchronization of Chromosome Dynamics and Cell Division in Bacteria. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 2 (1), p. a000331 (2009)
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Spatial regulation in Caulobacter crescentus. Growth and development: prokaryotes, pp. 715 - 721 (2009)
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Closing the Ring: A New Twist to Bacterial Chromosome Condensation. Cell 137, pp. 598 - 600 (2009)
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FtsN-like proteins are conserved components of the cell division machinery in proteobacteria. Molecular Microbiology 72 (4), pp. 1037 - 1044 (2009)
2008
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The dynamic interplay between a cell fate determinant and a lysozyme homolog drives the asymmetric division cycle of Caulobacter crescentus. Genes & Development 22 (2), pp. 212 - 225 (2008)
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Getting organized--how bacterial cells move proteins and DNA. Nature Reviews Microbiology 6 (1), pp. 28 - 40 (2008)
2007
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A comprehensive set of plasmids for vanillate- and xylose-inducible gene expression in Caulobacter crescentus. Nucleic Acids Research 35, e137, pp. 1 - 16 (2007)
2006
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MipZ, a spatial regulator coordinating chromosome segregation with cell division in Caulobacter. Cell 126, pp. 147 - 162 (2006)
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Chromosome organization and segregation in bacteria. Journal of Structural Biology 156, pp. 292 - 303 (2006)
2005
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The bacterial nucleoid: A highly organized and dynamic structure. JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY 96 (3), pp. 506 - 521 (2005)
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The choreographed dynamics of bacterial chromosomes. TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY 13 (5), pp. 221 - 228 (2005)
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The structure and function of the bacterial chromosome. CURRENT OPINION IN GENETICS & DEVELOPMENT 15 (2), pp. 153 - 162 (2005)
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Selenocysteine tRNA-specific elongation factor SelB is a structural chimaera of elongation and initiation factors. EMBO JOURNAL 24 (1), pp. 11 - 22 (2005)
2004
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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 101 (25), pp. 9257 - 9262 (2004)
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Selenocysteine. EcoSal Plus 1 (1) (2004)
2003
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Purification and characterization of hexahistidine-tagged elongation factor SelB. PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION 31 (2), pp. 265 - 270 (2003)
2002
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The function of SECIS RNA in translational control of gene expression in Escherichia coli. EMBO JOURNAL 21 (24), pp. 6925 - 6934 (2002)
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Selenoprotein biosynthesis: purification and assay of components involved in selenocysteine biosynthesis and insertion in Escherichia coli. Methods Enzymol 347, pp. 3 - 16 (2002)
Book Chapter
Selenocysteine. In: Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (Eds. Ibba, M.; Cusack, C.; Francklyn, S.). Landes Bioscienes, Georgetown, USA (2002)
2001
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Functional analysis of prokaryotic SELB proteins. BIOFACTORS 14 (1-4), pp. 53 - 59 (2001)
2000
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Kinetics of the interaction of translation factor SelB from Escherichia coli with guanosine nucleotides and selenocysteine insertion sequence RNA. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 275 (27), pp. 20458 - 20466 (2000)
1999
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A family of S-methylmethionine-dependent thiol/selenol methyltransferases - Role in selenium tolerance and evolutionary relation. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 274 (9), pp. 5407 - 5414 (1999)
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S-methylmethionine metabolism in Escherichia coli. JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 181 (2), pp. 662 - 665 (1999)
1998
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Strep-tag II affinity purification: An approach to study intermediates of metalloenzyme biosynthesis. ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY 259 (1), pp. 68 - 73 (1998)