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Itaconate is an effector of a Rab GTPase cell-autonomous host defense pathway against Salmonella
Chen M, Sun H, Boot M, Shao L, Chang SJ, Wang W, Lam TT, Lara-Tejero M, Rego EH, Galán JE. Itaconate is an effector of a Rab GTPase cell-autonomous host defense pathway against Salmonella. Science 2020, 369: 450-455. PMID: 32703879, PMCID: PMC8020367, DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz1333.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNonlinear structured-illumination microscopy with a photoswitchable protein reveals cellular structures at 50-nm resolution
Rego EH, Shao L, Macklin JJ, Winoto L, Johansson GA, Kamps-Hughes N, Davidson MW, Gustafsson MG. Nonlinear structured-illumination microscopy with a photoswitchable protein reveals cellular structures at 50-nm resolution. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 109: e135-e143. PMID: 22160683, PMCID: PMC3271870, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1107547108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructured-illumination microscopyUltralow light intensitiesSuperresolution imaging methodExcited statesFluorophore excited stateStructured illumination microscopyLight intensityRequired nonlinearityResolution extensionHigh light intensityActin cytoskeletonCellular structureReversible photoswitchingNuclear poresNonlinear responseIllumination intensitySuch nonlinear responsesPhotoswitchable proteinsSpatial resolutionFluorescent proteinBiological samplesSix-orderImaging methodMicroscopyPolystyrene beadsSuper-resolution 3D microscopy of live whole cells using structured illumination
Shao L, Kner P, Rego EH, Gustafsson MG. Super-resolution 3D microscopy of live whole cells using structured illumination. Nature Methods 2011, 8: 1044-1046. PMID: 22002026, DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1734.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Cell Wall Damage Reveals Spatial Flexibility in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and a Nonredundant Role for RodA in Mycobacteria
Melzer E, Kado T, García-Heredia A, Gupta K, Meniche X, Morita Y, Sassetti C, Rego E, Siegrist M. Cell Wall Damage Reveals Spatial Flexibility in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and a Nonredundant Role for RodA in Mycobacteria. Journal Of Bacteriology 2022, 204: e00540-21. PMID: 35543537, PMCID: PMC9210966, DOI: 10.1128/jb.00540-21.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPenicillin binding proteinsCell wall damagePeptidoglycan synthesisPeptidoglycan assemblyClass A Penicillin-Binding ProteinsNascent cell wallCell wall integrityCell wall assemblyCell-wall peptidoglycanCell wall synthesisRod-shaped bacteriaMycobacterium smegmatisPolar growthInternal turgorModel organismsMreB homologsNew inhibition strategyRod complexWall synthesisWall peptidoglycanWall integrityAnimal pathogensCell wallPathway functionSubcellular distribution