Growth and division of the peptidoglycan matrix

PDA Rohs, TG Bernhardt - Annual review of microbiology, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Most bacteria are surrounded by a peptidoglycan cell wall that defines their shape and
protects them from osmotic lysis. The expansion and division of this structure therefore plays …

Recent advances of utilizing artificial intelligence in lab on a chip for diagnosis and treatment

S Zare Harofte, M Soltani, S Siavashy, K Raahemifar - Small, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, artificial intelligence (AI) creates numerous promising opportunities in the life
sciences. AI methods can be significantly advantageous for analyzing the massive datasets …

Peptidoglycan: structure, synthesis, and regulation

S Garde, PK Chodisetti, M Reddy - EcoSal Plus, 2021‏ - journals.asm.org
Peptidoglycan is a defining feature of the bacterial cell wall. Initially identified as a target of
the revolutionary beta-lactam antibiotics, peptidoglycan has become a subject of much …

Cytoplasmic condensation induced by membrane damage is associated with antibiotic lethality

F Wong, JM Stokes, B Cervantes, S Penkov… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Bactericidal antibiotics kill bacteria by perturbing various cellular targets and processes.
Disruption of the primary antibiotic-binding partner induces a cascade of molecular events …

How to build a bacterial cell: MreB as the foreman of E. coli construction

H Shi, BP Bratton, Z Gitai, KC Huang - Cell, 2018‏ - cell.com
Cell shape matters across the kingdoms of life, and cells have the remarkable capacity to
define and maintain specific shapes and sizes. But how are the shapes of micron-sized cells …

Homeostasis of protein and mRNA concentrations in growing cells

J Lin, A Amir - Nature communications, 2018‏ - nature.com
Many experiments show that the numbers of mRNA and protein are proportional to the cell
volume in growing cells. However, models of stochastic gene expression often assume …

Subcellular organization: a critical feature of bacterial cell replication

IV Surovtsev, C Jacobs-Wagner - Cell, 2018‏ - cell.com
Spatial organization is a hallmark of all living systems. Even bacteria, the smallest forms of
cellular life, display defined shapes and complex internal organization, showcasing a highly …

Regulation of microbial growth by turgor pressure

ER Rojas, KC Huang - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent studies have revealed various ways that turgor regulates microbial
growth.•In Gram-positive rods, membrane tension transiently inhibits wall growth via …

Class-A penicillin binding proteins do not contribute to cell shape but repair cell-wall defects

A Vigouroux, B Cordier, A Aristov, L Alvarez… - elife, 2020‏ - elifesciences.org
Cell shape and cell-envelope integrity of bacteria are determined by the peptidoglycan cell
wall. In rod-shaped Escherichia coli, two conserved sets of machinery are essential for cell …

A central role for PBP2 in the activation of peptidoglycan polymerization by the bacterial cell elongation machinery

PDA Rohs, J Buss, SI Sim, GR Squyres… - PLoS …, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
Cell elongation in rod-shaped bacteria is mediated by the Rod system, a conserved
morphogenic complex that spatially controls cell wall assembly by the glycan polymerase …