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ArticleeLife2020

The transpeptidase PBP2 governs initial localization and activity of the major cell-wall synthesis machinery in

Gizem Özbaykal, Eva Wollrab, Francois Simon, Antoine Vigouroux, Baptiste Cordier, Andrey Aristov, Thibault Chaze, Mariette Matondo, Sven van Teeffelen

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Article in eLife, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Peptidoglycan polymerase function and regulation.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2025
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  9. Elongasome core proteins and class A PBP1a display zonal, processive movement at the midcell ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
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  12. A role for the Gram-negative outer membrane in bacterial shape determination.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Gizem Özbaykal *Microbial Morphogenesis and Growth Lab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9115-7120
Eva Wollrab *Microbial Morphogenesis and Growth Lab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Francois SimonMicrobial Morphogenesis and Growth Lab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Antoine VigourouxMicrobial Morphogenesis and Growth Lab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-8398-5073
Baptiste CordierMicrobial Morphogenesis and Growth Lab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Andrey AristovMicrobial Morphogenesis and Growth Lab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Thibault ChazeProteomics Platform, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Mariette MatondoProteomics Platform, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
Sven van TeeffelenMicrobial Morphogenesis and Growth Lab, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-0877-1294

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-10-LABX-62-IBEIDCampus France Prestige Postdoctoral FellowshipH2020 European Research Council 679980Mairie de Paris Emergence(s) program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial shape is physically determined by the peptidoglycan cell wall. The cell-wall-synthesis machinery responsible for rod shape in

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Cell WallEscherichia coliEscherichia coli ProteinsPenicillin-Binding ProteinsSubcellular FractionsEscherichia coli ProteinsMrdA protein, E coliPenicillin-Binding Proteinsbacterial morphogenesiscell-wall insertionE. coliinfectious diseasemicrobiologyMreB cytoskeletonphysics of living systemsRod complexsingle-enzyme dynamics

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PMID32077853
PMCPMC7089770

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