Cell Wall

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Pseudomonas syringae type III effector suppresses cell wall-based extracellular defense in susceptible Arabidopsis plants. 
  • A chitin synthase and its regulator protein are critical for chitosan production and growth of the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • A family of conserved bacterial effectors inhibits salicylic acid-mediated basal immunity and promotes disease necrosis in plants. 
  • A fungal lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase is required for cell wall integrity, thermotolerance, and virulence of the fungal human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • A glucan synthase FKS1 homolog in cryptococcus neoformans is single copy and encodes an essential function. 
  • A glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor is required for membrane localization but dispensable for cell wall association of chitin deacetylase 2 in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • A new stain for systemic fungi in tissue. 
  • Analysis of the substrate specificity of the Staphylococcus aureus sortase transpeptidase SrtA. 
  • Antigenic, chemical, and structural properties of cell walls of Histoplasma capsulatum yeast-form chemotypes 1 and 2 after serial enzymatic hydrolysis. 
  • Arabidopsis Small Rubber Particle Protein Homolog SRPs Play Dual Roles as Positive Factors for Tissue Growth and Development and in Drought Stress Responses. 
  • Axl2 integrates polarity establishment, maintenance, and environmental stress response in the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii. 
  • Bacterial outer membrane vesicles and the host-pathogen interaction. 
  • COBRA, an Arabidopsis extracellular glycosyl-phosphatidyl inositol-anchored protein, specifically controls highly anisotropic expansion through its involvement in cellulose microfibril orientation. 
  • Calcineurin inhibition or mutation enhances cell wall inhibitors against Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Calcineurin is required for pseudohyphal growth, virulence, and drug resistance in Candida lusitaniae. 
  • Calcineurin target CrzA regulates conidial germination, hyphal growth, and pathogenesis of Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Calcineurin-dependent dephosphorylation of the transcription factor CrzA at specific sites controls conidiation, stress tolerance, and virulence of Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Cch1 mediates calcium entry in Cryptococcus neoformans and is essential in low-calcium environments. 
  • Cell wall chitosan is necessary for virulence in the opportunistic pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Cell wall integrity is dependent on the PKC1 signal transduction pathway in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Cell wall remodeling and vesicle trafficking mediate the root clock in Arabidopsis . 
  • Changes in the cell surface of the dimorphic forms of Candida albicans by treatment with hydrolytic enzymes. 
  • Chitin: A "Hidden Figure" in the Fungal Cell Wall. 
  • Chitosan Biosynthesis and Virulence in the Human Fungal Pathogen Cryptococcus gattii. 
  • Chitosan, the deacetylated form of chitin, is necessary for cell wall integrity in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Combining expression and comparative evolutionary analysis. The COBRA gene family. 
  • Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals novel roles of the Ras and cyclic AMP signaling pathways in environmental stress response and antifungal drug sensitivity in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Cross talk between the cell wall integrity and cyclic AMP/protein kinase A pathways in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Cryptococcus neoformans Chitin Synthase 3 Plays a Critical Role in Dampening Host Inflammatory Responses. 
  • Cryptococcus neoformans Rim101 is associated with cell wall remodeling and evasion of the host immune responses. 
  • Cryptococcus neoformans phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK1) ortholog is required for stress tolerance and survival in murine phagocytes. 
  • Crystal structure of MraY, an essential membrane enzyme for bacterial cell wall synthesis. 
  • Daptomycin resistance in enterococci is associated with distinct alterations of cell membrane phospholipid content. 
  • Defects in intracellular trafficking of fungal cell wall synthases lead to aberrant host immune recognition. 
  • Degradation of 14C-labeled streptococcal cell walls by egg white lysozyme and lysosomal enzymes. 
  • Differential effects of inhibiting chitin and 1,3-{beta}-D-glucan synthesis in ras and calcineurin mutants of Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Electron microscopy of young Candida albicans chlamydospores. 
  • Elucidation of the calcineurin-Crz1 stress response transcriptional network in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Endosymbiont gene functions impaired and rescued by polymerase infidelity at poly(A) tracts. 
  • Enfumafungin synthase represents a novel lineage of fungal triterpene cyclases. 
  • Extension of O-Linked Mannosylation in the Golgi Apparatus Is Critical for Cell Wall Integrity Signaling and Interaction with Host Cells in Cryptococcus neoformans Pathogenesis. 
  • Generation of ramoplanin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. 
  • Genome-wide transcriptional analysis of the Arabidopsis thaliana interaction with the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and the human pathogen Escherichia coli O157:H7. 
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Modification Serves as a Primary Plasmodesmal Sorting Signal. 
  • HDAC genes play distinct and redundant roles in Cryptococcus neoformans virulence. 
  • Had1 Is Required for Cell Wall Integrity and Fungal Virulence in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Homologs of the vancomycin resistance D-Ala-D-Ala dipeptidase VanX in Streptomyces toyocaensis, Escherichia coli and Synechocystis: attributes of catalytic efficiency, stereoselectivity and regulation with implications for function. 
  • Hyperimmunization of non-human primates with BCG-CW and cultured human glioma-derived cells. Production of reactive antisera and absence of EAE induction. 
  • Impaired Chloroplast Biogenesis in Immutans, an Arabidopsis Variegation Mutant, Modifies Developmental Programming, Cell Wall Composition and Resistance to Pseudomonas syringae. 
  • Induction of Protective Immunity to Cryptococcal Infection in Mice by a Heat-Killed, Chitosan-Deficient Strain of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Interactions between copper homeostasis and the fungal cell wall affect copper stress resistance. 
  • Intracellular Action of a Secreted Peptide Required for Fungal Virulence. 
  • KRE genes are required for beta-1,6-glucan synthesis, maintenance of capsule architecture and cell wall protein anchoring in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Length Specificity and Polymerization Mechanism of (1,3)-β-d-Glucan Synthase in Fungal Cell Wall Biosynthesis. 
  • Localization of DIR1 at the tissue, cellular and subcellular levels during Systemic Acquired Resistance in Arabidopsis using DIR1:GUS and DIR1:EGFP reporters. 
  • Localization of cell wall polysaccharides in nonarticulated laticifers of Asclepias speciosa Torr. 
  • Long-Chain Polyprenols Promote Spore Wall Formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 
  • Melanin deposition in two Cryptococcus species depends on cell-wall composition and flexibility. 
  • Membrane Integrity Contributes to Resistance of Cryptococcus neoformans to the Cell Wall Inhibitor Caspofungin. 
  • Metal Chelation as a Powerful Strategy to Probe Cellular Circuitry Governing Fungal Drug Resistance and Morphogenesis. 
  • Minimum requirements for changing and maintaining endodermis cell identity in the Arabidopsis root. 
  • Modulation of bacterial outer membrane vesicle production by envelope structure and content. 
  • Nitrogen fertilizer application affects lodging resistance by altering secondary cell wall synthesis in japonica rice (Oryza sativa). 
  • NlpI-mediated modulation of outer membrane vesicle production through peptidoglycan dynamics in Escherichia coli. 
  • Outer membrane protein I of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a target of cationic antimicrobial peptide/protein. 
  • Outer membrane vesicle production by Escherichia coli is independent of membrane instability. 
  • PKC1 is essential for protection against both oxidative and nitrosative stresses, cell integrity, and normal manifestation of virulence factors in the pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Phagocytosis and killing of Cryptococcus neoformans by rat alveolar macrophages in the absence of serum. 
  • Phosphorylation of Aspergillus fumigatus PkaR impacts growth and cell wall integrity through novel mechanisms. 
  • Prevention of glioma induction in rats by simultaneous intracerebral inoculation of avian sarcoma virus plus bacillus Calmette-Guerin cell-wall preparation. 
  • Quantitative single molecule RNA-FISH and RNase-free cell wall digestion in Neurospora crassa. 
  • Rapid mapping of insertional mutations to probe cell wall regulation in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Release of outer membrane vesicles by Gram-negative bacteria is a novel envelope stress response. 
  • Rim Pathway-Mediated Alterations in the Fungal Cell Wall Influence Immune Recognition and Inflammation. 
  • Role of Cryptococcus neoformans Rho1 GTPases in the PKC1 signaling pathway in response to thermal stress. 
  • Role of protein O-mannosyltransferase Pmt4 in the morphogenesis and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Roles for Stress Response and Cell Wall Biosynthesis Pathways in Caspofungin Tolerance in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Scanning Quadrupole Data-Independent Acquisition, Part B: Application to the Analysis of the Calcineurin-Interacting Proteins during Treatment of Aspergillus fumigatus with Azole and Echinocandin Antifungal Drugs. 
  • Sequence analysis and insertional inactivation of a gene encoding Moraxella sp. CK-1 cell wall hydrolase. 
  • Significance of complement to the mechanism of action of endotoxin. 
  • Staphylococcus aureus sortase transpeptidase SrtA: insight into the kinetic mechanism and evidence for a reverse protonation catalytic mechanism. 
  • Structural insights into inhibition of lipid I production in bacterial cell wall synthesis. 
  • T Cell Responses against Mycobacterial Lipids and Proteins Are Poorly Correlated in South African Adolescents. 
  • The Aspergillus fumigatus septins play pleiotropic roles in septation, conidiation, and cell wall stress, but are dispensable for virulence. 
  • The Cryptococcus neoformans MAP kinase Mpk1 regulates cell integrity in response to antifungal drugs and loss of calcineurin function. 
  • The Cryptococcus neoformans Rim101 transcription factor directly regulates genes required for adaptation to the host. 
  • The Cryptococcus neoformans capsule: a sword and a shield. 
  • The Listeria monocytogenes PASTA Kinase PrkA and Its Substrate YvcK Are Required for Cell Wall Homeostasis, Metabolism, and Virulence. 
  • The fast and transient transcriptional network of gravity and mechanical stimulation in the Arabidopsis root apex. 
  • The genome of the basidiomycetous yeast and human pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Transcription factor Nrg1 mediates capsule formation, stress response, and pathogenesis in Cryptococcus neoformans. 
  • Trehalose 6-phosphate phosphatase is required for cell wall integrity and fungal virulence but not trehalose biosynthesis in the human fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus. 
  • Two proteins of the Dictyostelium spore coat bind to cellulose in vitro. 
  • Use of dominant-negative HrpA mutants to dissect Hrp pilus assembly and type III secretion in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. 
  • Vinyl sulfones: inhibitors of SrtA, a transpeptidase required for cell wall protein anchoring and virulence in Staphylococcus aureus.