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• Basurto De Santiago, Lin, I. S., Nan, B. (2026) Reprogrammed peptidoglycan elongation reveals plasticity in bacterial growth modes eLife in press 2026.04.28.721452

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• Ramirez Carbo, C. A., Irazoki, O., Venkatesan, S., Chen, L. J. S., Morales, H. A., Garcia Avila, A. J., Cheung, H.-L., Cava, F., Nan, B. (2025) A novel mechanism for bacterial sporulation based on programmed peptidoglycan degradation.  eLife  in press (10.7554/eLife.108250.1)

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• Myers, C.M., Nan, B. (2026) Quantitative co-localization analysis in fluorescence microscopy. Bio-protocol in press

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• Ramirez Carbo, C. A., Nan, B. (2026) Using single-particle fluorescent microscopy to quantify substrate-binding of peptidoglycan-modification enzymes. Bio-protocol 16(10): e5696 PMID: 42199477

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• Carr, J. F., Basurto De Santiago, C., Bhut, S., Warzecha, D. J., Wei, R., Herrera, C., Trent, M. S., Nan, B., Mitchell, A. (2026) Impaired envelope integrity in the absence of SanA is linked to increased lipid II availability and an imbalance of FtsI and FtsW activities. mBio e0063526. PMID: 42059661

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• Kroos, L., Wall, D., Islam, S. T., Whitworth, D. E., Muñoz-Dorado, J., Higgs, P. I., Singer, M., Mauriello, E. M. F., Treuner-Lange, A., Søgaard-Andersen, L., Kaimer, C., Elías-Arnanz, M., Stojković, E. A., Müller, R., Volz, C., Velicer, G. J., Nan, B. (2025) Milestones in the development of Myxococcus xanthus as a model multicellular bacterium. J. Bacteriol. 207: e00071-25. PMID: 40525847 Review, editor’s pick.

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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. Review

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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. Review

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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. Review

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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.

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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

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

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• 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.​

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• 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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