Scanning Electron Microscopy and Energy-Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy of Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm — ACS Omega, 2024
Suppression of the H3K27me3 demethylase disrupts diapause formation in mosquito Culex pipiens — Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2024
The effects of daptomycin on cell wall biosynthesis in Enterococcal faecalis — Scientific Reports, 2023
Using molecular straps to engineer conjugated porous polymer growth, chemical doping, and conductivity — Chemical Science, 2023
Molecular dynamics simulations of the secondary-binding site in disaccharide-modified glycopeptide antibiotics — Scientific Reports, 2022
Peptidoglycan compositional analysis of Mycobacterium smegmatis using high-resolution LC-MS — Scientific Reports, 2022
Dsi-RNA knockdown of genes regulated by Foxo reduces glycogen and lipid accumulations in diapausing Culex pipiens — Scientific Reports, 2020
Molecular dynamics simulation of atomic interactions in the vancomycin binding site — ACS Omega, published online 2020
Suppression of glycogen synthase expression reduces glycogen and lipid storage during mosquito overwintering diapause — Journal of Insect Physiology, 2020
L,D-Transpeptidase-specific probe reveals spatial activity of peptidoglycan cross-linking — ACS Chemical Biology, 2019
A proteolytic complex targets multiple cell wall hydrolases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa — mBio, 2018
Insights into key interactions between vancomycin and bacterial cell wall structures — ACS Omega, 2018
Peptidoglycan compositional analysis of Enterococcus faecalis biofilm by stable isotope labeling by amino acids in a bacterial culture — Biochemistry, 2018
Resuscitation-promoting factors are required for Mycobacterium smegmatis biofilm formation — Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2018
Surface proteins and the formation of biofilms by Staphylococcus aureus — Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Biomembranes, 2018
A hidden mode of action of glycopeptide antibiotics: inhibition of wall teichoic acid biosynthesis — The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2017
An Amidase_3 domain-containing N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase is required for mycobacterial cell division — Scientific Reports, 2017
Characterization of the tertiary structure of the peptidoglycan of Enterococcus faecalis — Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Biomembranes, 2017
Desleucyl-oritavancin with a damaged D-Ala-D-Ala binding site inhibits the transpeptidation step of cell-wall biosynthesis in whole cells of Staphylococcus aureus — Biochemistry, 2017
Dual mode of action for plusbacin A3 in Staphylococcus aureus — The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2017
Inhibition of D-Ala incorporation into wall teichoic acid in Staphylococcus aureus by desleucyl-oritavancin — Chemical Communications, 2017
Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus cell wall biosynthesis by desleucyl-oritavancin: A quantitative peptidoglycan composition analysis by mass spectrometry — Journal of Bacteriology, 2017
Peptidoglycan O-acetylation increases in response to vancomycin treatment in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis — Scientific Reports, 2017
Quantification of D-Ala-D-Lac terminated peptidoglycan structure in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis using a combined solid-state NMR and mass spectrometry analysis — Biochemistry, 2017
Hexaphenylbenzene and hexabenzocoronene-based porous polymers for the adsorption of volatile organic compounds — RSC Advances, 2016
Inhibition of Bacillus anthracis metallo-β-lactamase by compounds with hydroxamic acid functionality — Journal of Enzyme Inhibition and Medicinal Chemistry, 2016
Solid-state NMR characterization of amphomycin effects on peptidoglycan and wall teichoic acid biosyntheses in Staphylococcus aureus — Scientific Reports, 2016
Solid-state NMR reveals differential carbohydrate utilization in diapausing Culex pipiens — Scientific Reports, 2016
The carboxyl-terminus of eremomycin facilitates binding to the non-D-Ala-D-Ala segment of the peptidoglycan pentapeptide stem — Biochemistry, 2016
Peptidoglycan architecture of Gram-positive bacteria by solid-state NMR — Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Biomembranes, 2015
REDOR constraints on the peptidoglycan lattice architecture of Staphylococcus aureus and its FemA mutant — Biochimica et Biophysica Acta – Biomembranes, 2015
Cross-link formation and peptidoglycan lattice assembly in the FemA mutant of Staphylococcus aureus — Biochemistry, 2014
Isotridecanyl side chain of plusbacin-A3 is essential for the transglycosylase inhibition of peptidoglycan biosynthesis — Biochemistry, 2013
Locations of the hydrophobic side chains of lipoglycopeptides bound to the peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus — Biochemistry, 2013
Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan stem packing by rotational-echo double resonance NMR spectroscopy — Biochemistry, 2013
Uniformity of glycyl bridge lengths in the mature cell walls of Fem mutants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus — Journal of Bacteriology, 2013
Characterization of peptidoglycan in Fem-deletion mutants of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by solid-state NMR — Biochemistry, 2009
Oritavancin binds to isolated protoplast membranes but not intact protoplasts of Staphylococcus aureus — Journal of Molecular Biology, 2009
Staphylococcus aureus peptidoglycan tertiary structure from carbon-13 spin diffusion — Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009
Vancomycin and oritavancin have different modes of action in Enterococcus faecium — Journal of Molecular Biology, 2009
Characterization of the peptidoglycan of vancomycin-susceptible Enterococcus faecium — Biochemistry, 2008
Hydrophobic side-chain length determines activity and conformational heterogeneity of a vancomycin derivative bound to the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus — Biochemistry, 2008
Oritavancin exhibits dual mode of action to inhibit cell-wall biosynthesis in Staphylococcus aureus — Journal of Molecular Biology, 2008
Vancomycin derivative with damaged D-Ala-D-Ala binding cleft binds to cross-linked peptidoglycan in the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus — Biochemistry, 2008
Structures of Staphylococcus aureus cell-wall complexes with vancomycin, eremomycin, and chloroeremomycin derivatives by REDOR — Biochemistry, 2006
Secondary structure and lipid contact of a peptide antibiotic in phospholipid bilayers by REDOR — Biophysical Journal, 2004
REDOR characterization of vancomycin binding sites in S. aureus — Biophysical Journal, 2002; conference abstract
REDOR characterization of the effects of vancomycin on cell-wall synthesis in S. aureus — Biophysical Journal, 2002; conference abstract
Rotational-echo double resonance characterization of the effects of vancomycin on cell wall synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus — Biochemistry, 2002
Rotational-echo double resonance characterization of vancomycin binding sites in Staphylococcus aureus — Biochemistry, 2002
The contribution of adjacent subunits to the active sites of D-3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase — Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1999
Stabilization of the B conformation in unoriented films of calf thymus DNA by NaCl: a Raman and IR study — Biopolymers, 1997
A study of Na-DNA films containing NaCl via scanning electron and tunneling microscopies — Biopolymers, 1995
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