2014
Characterization and development of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins for single-molecule–based superresolution imaging
Wang S, Moffitt JR, Dempsey GT, Xie XS, Zhuang X. Characterization and development of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins for single-molecule–based superresolution imaging. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2014, 111: 8452-8457. PMID: 24912163, PMCID: PMC4060684, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406593111.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAnimalsBacterial ProteinsBlotting, WesternCell Line, TumorChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsDNA-Binding ProteinsEscherichia coli ProteinsHumansLuminescent ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescencePhotonsProtein MultimerizationReceptors, Cell SurfaceRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSpectrometry, FluorescenceVimentinZyxin
2011
The bacterial actin MreB rotates, and rotation depends on cell-wall assembly
van Teeffelen S, Wang S, Furchtgott L, Huang KC, Wingreen NS, Shaevitz JW, Gitai Z. The bacterial actin MreB rotates, and rotation depends on cell-wall assembly. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 15822-15827. PMID: 21903929, PMCID: PMC3179079, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108999108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCytoskeletal proteinsRod-like cell shapeCell wall synthesis machineryActin homolog MreBPeptidoglycan cell wallCell wall assemblyMultiple cytoskeletal proteinsMreB dynamicsBacterial morphogenesisCytoskeletal dynamicsSynthesis machineryCellular functionsCellular processesMotor proteinsCell shapeCell wallCytoskeletal motorsBacterial cellsMreBPersistent mannerProteinInsertion siteBiophysical simulationsBacteriaRod shape