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ArticleScience advances2025

Control of morphogenesis during the

Mariana Tinajero-Trejo, Matthew Aindow, Laia Pasquina-Lemonche, Lucia Lafage, Abimbola Feyisara Adedeji-Olulana, Joshua A F Sutton, Katarzyna Wacnik, Yaosheng Jia, Bohdan Bilyk, Wenqi Yu and 2 more

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Article in Science advances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Journal of bacteriology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Mariana Tinajero-TrejoSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3444-7647
Matthew AindowSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Laia Pasquina-LemoncheSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8592-9542
Lucia LafageSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8105-5083
Abimbola Feyisara Adedeji-OlulanaThe Florey Institute for Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8009-1755
Joshua A F SuttonSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0440-610X
Katarzyna WacnikSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-9921-6746
Yaosheng JiaDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-3245-6588
Bohdan BilykSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4649-8492
Wenqi YuDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8772-3129
Jamie K HobbsThe Florey Institute for Host-Pathogen Interactions, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5872-1404
Simon J FosterSchool of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7432-7805

Funding

Spatiotemporal regulation of bacterial cell envelope assemblyR35GM146993 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI Wenqi Yu · 2022 to 2026
$1.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146993Wellcome Trust 212197Wellcome Trust 227233
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial cell division is a complex, multistage process requiring septum development while maintaining cell wall integrity. A dynamic, macromolecular protein complex, the divisome, tightly controls morphogenesis both spatially and temporally, but the mechanisms that tune septal progression are largely unknown. By studying conditional mutants of genes encoding DivIB, DivIC, and FtsL, an essential trimeric complex central to cell division in bacteria, we demonstrate that FtsL and DivIB play independent, hierarchical roles coordinating peptidoglycan synthesis across specific septal developmental checkpoints. They are required for the localization of downstream divisome components and the redistribution of peptidoglycan synthesis from the cell periphery to the septum. This is achieved by positive regulation of septum production and negative regulation of peripheral cell wall synthesis. Our analysis has led to a model for the coordination of cell division in

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Cell CycleMorphogenesisStaphylococcus aureusBacterial ProteinsCell DivisionCell WallMutationPeptidoglycanBacterial ProteinsPeptidoglycan

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PMID40215301
PMCPMC11988411

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