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• Ramirez Carbo, C. A., Faromiki, O. G., Nan, B. (2024) A lytic transglycosylase connects bacterial focal adhesion complexes to the peptidoglycan cell wall. eLife 13:RP99273. PMID: 39352247

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• Chen, Y., Topo, E. J., Nan, B., Chen, J. (2023) Mathematical modeling of mechanosensitive reversal control in Myxococcus xanthus. Front Microbiol 14:1294631.

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• Zhang, H. Venkatesan, S., Ng, E., Nan, B. (2023) Coordinated peptidoglycan synthases and hydrolases stabilize the bacterial cell wall. Nat Commun 14:5357. PMID: 37660104.

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• Chen, J., Nan, B. (2022) Flagellar motor transformed: biophysical perspectives of the Myxococcus xanthus gliding mechanism. Front Microbiol 13:891694. PMID: 35602090.

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• Aramayo, R., Nan, B. (2022) Complete De Novo Genome Assembly and Annotation of the Myxococcus xanthus DZ2 Genome. Microbiol Resour Announc 11:e01074-21. PMID: 35384715.

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• Manson, M. D., Nan, B., Lele, P. P., Liu, J., Duncan, T. M. (2022) Editorial: Biological rotary nanomotors. Front Microbiol. 13:1012681. PMID: 36212881.

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• Zhang, H., Venkatesan, S., Nan, B. (2021) Myxococcus xanthus as a model organism for peptidoglycan assembly and bacterial morphogenesis. Microorganisms. 9: 916. PMID: 33923279.

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• Chen, J., Nan, B. (2021) Gliding motility of the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. In Wong, G. et al., Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation. Phys. Biol. 18: 051501. PMID: 33462162.

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• Zhang, H., Mulholland, G. A., Seef, S., Zhu, S., Liu, J., Mignot, T. Nan, B. (2020) Establishing rod-shape from spherical, peptidoglycan-deficient bacterial spores. PNAS 117:14444-14452.  PMID: 3251372.

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• Iadarola, D.M., Ball, W. B., Trivedi, P. P., Fu, G., Nan, B., Gohil, V. M. (2020) Vps39 is required for ethanolamine-stimulated elevation in mitochondrial phosphatidylethanolamine. BBA – Mol. Cell Biol. Lipids. 1865:158655. PMID: 32058032.

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• Wright, T. A., Jiang, L., Park, J. J., Anderson, W. A., Chen, G., Hallberg, Z. F., Nan, B., Hammond, M. C. (2020) Second messengers and divergent HD-GYP enzymes regulate 3', 3'-cGAMP signaling. Mol. Microbiol. 113:222-236. PMID: 31665539.

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• Tchoufag, J., Ghosh,P., Pogue, C. B., Nan, B., Mandadapu, K. K. (2019) Mechanisms for bacterial gliding motility on soft substrates. PNAS 116:25087-25096. PMID: 31767758.

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• Fang, Y., Lian, X., Huang, Y., Fu, G., Xiao, Z., Wang, Q., Nan, B., Pellois, J.-P., Zhou, H.-C. (2018) Investigating subcellular compartment targeting effect of porous coordination cages for enhancing cancer nanotherapy. Small 14:1802709. PMID: 30222252. Cover story.

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• Fu, G., Bandaria, J. N., Le Gall, A. V., Fan, X., Yildiz, A., Mignot, T., Zusman, D. R., Nan, B. (2018) MotAB-like machinery drives the movement of MreB filaments during bacterial gliding motility. PNAS 115:2484-2489. PMID: 29463706.

 

• Pogue, C. B., Zhou, T., Nan, B. (2018) PlpA, a PilZ-like protein, regulates directed motility of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. Mol. Microbiol. 107:214-228. PMID: 29127741.

 

• Nan, B. (2017) Bacterial Gliding Motility: Rolling Out A Consensus Model. Curr. Biol. 27:R154-156. PMID: 28222296.

 

• Jiang, X., Hernandez, D., Hernandez, C., Ding, Z., Nan, B., Aufderheide, K., Qin, H. (2017) IFT57 stabilizes assembled intraflagellar transport complex and mediates transport of motility-related flagellar cargo. J Cell Sci. 130:879-891. PMID: 28104816.

 

• Zhou, T., Nan, B. (2017)  Exopolysaccharides promote Myxococcus xanthus social motility by inhibiting cellular reversals. Mol. Microbiol. 103:729-743. PMID: 27874229.

 

• Nan, B.*, Zusman, DR. (2016) Novel mechanisms power bacterial gliding motility. Mol. Microbiol. 101:186-193. PMID: 27028358.

 

• Hallberg, Z.F., Wang, X.C., Wright, T.A., Nan, B., Ad, O., Yeo, J. and Hammond, M.C. (2016) Hybrid promiscuous (Hypr) GGDEF enzymes produce cyclic AMP-GMP (3’, 3’-cGAMP). PNAS 113:1790-1795. PMID: 26839412.

 

• Nan, B., Bandaria, J. N., Guo, K. Y., Fan, X., Moghtaderi, A., Yildiz, A. and Zusman, D. R. (2015) The polarity of myxobacterial gliding is regulated by direct interactions between the gliding motor and the Ras homolog MglA. PNAS 112:E186-193. PMID: 25550521.

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