The bacterial actin-like cytoskeleton.

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Distinct and essential morphogenic functions for wall- and lipo-teichoic acids in Bacillus subtilis. EMBO J (2009) 1.43

DivIVA is required for polar growth in the MreB-lacking rod-shaped actinomycete Corynebacterium glutamicum. J Bacteriol (2008) 1.37

Intermediate filament-like proteins in bacteria and a cytoskeletal function in Streptomyces. Mol Microbiol (2008) 1.37

The ParMRC system: molecular mechanisms of plasmid segregation by actin-like filaments. Nat Rev Microbiol (2010) 1.30

The structure and assembly dynamics of plasmid actin AlfA imply a novel mechanism of DNA segregation. J Bacteriol (2009) 1.29

The structure and function of bacterial actin homologs. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol (2010) 1.27

Cell biology of prokaryotic organelles. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol (2010) 1.24

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Bactofilins, a ubiquitous class of cytoskeletal proteins mediating polar localization of a cell wall synthase in Caulobacter crescentus. EMBO J (2009) 1.23

Actin homolog MreB affects chromosome segregation by regulating topoisomerase IV in Escherichia coli. Mol Cell (2009) 1.22

In Escherichia coli, MreB and FtsZ direct the synthesis of lateral cell wall via independent pathways that require PBP 2. J Bacteriol (2009) 1.20

Docking and assembly of the type II secretion complex of Vibrio cholerae. J Bacteriol (2009) 1.16

Exploring bacterial cell biology with single-molecule tracking and super-resolution imaging. Nat Rev Microbiol (2014) 1.10

A second actin-like MamK protein in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 encoded outside the genomic magnetosome island. PLoS One (2010) 1.09

The actin-like MreB cytoskeleton organizes viral DNA replication in bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009) 1.09

The dynamic nature of the bacterial cytoskeleton. Cell Mol Life Sci (2009) 1.09

The actin homologue MreB organizes the bacterial cell membrane. Nat Commun (2014) 1.08

Polymerization of the actin-like protein MamK, which is associated with magnetosomes. J Bacteriol (2007) 1.08

Structural frameworks for considering microbial protein- and nucleic acid-dependent motor ATPases. Mol Microbiol (2008) 1.07

From water and ions to crowded biomacromolecules: in vivo structuring of a prokaryotic cell. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2011) 1.03

Physics of bacterial morphogenesis. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2011) 1.03

ZipA is required for FtsZ-dependent preseptal peptidoglycan synthesis prior to invagination during cell division. J Bacteriol (2012) 1.02

BacM, an N-terminally processed bactofilin of Myxococcus xanthus, is crucial for proper cell shape. Mol Microbiol (2011) 1.02

Single-molecule fluorescence imaging of processive myosin with enhanced background suppression using linear zero-mode waveguides (ZMWs) and convex lens induced confinement (CLIC). Opt Express (2013) 1.01

Viral terminal protein directs early organization of phage DNA replication at the bacterial nucleoid. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2010) 0.96

Functional analysis of the cytoskeleton protein MreB from Chlamydophila pneumoniae. PLoS One (2011) 0.96

The cell wall regulator {sigma}I specifically suppresses the lethal phenotype of mbl mutants in Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol (2008) 0.94

A Novel indole compound that inhibits Pseudomonas aeruginosa growth by targeting MreB is a substrate for MexAB-OprM. J Bacteriol (2007) 0.93

The actinome of Dictyostelium discoideum in comparison to actins and actin-related proteins from other organisms. PLoS One (2008) 0.92

A novel actin-related protein is associated with daughter cell formation in Toxoplasma gondii. Eukaryot Cell (2008) 0.91

Cell division site placement and asymmetric growth in mycobacteria. PLoS One (2012) 0.91

The MreB-like protein Mbl of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) depends on MreB for proper localization and contributes to spore wall synthesis. J Bacteriol (2011) 0.90

Localization of new peptidoglycan at poles in Bacillus mycoides, a member of the Bacillus cereus group. Arch Microbiol (2012) 0.88

Probing the mechanical properties of magnetosome chains in living magnetotactic bacteria. Nano Lett (2014) 0.88

Phosphorylation of a novel cytoskeletal protein (RsmP) regulates rod-shaped morphology in Corynebacterium glutamicum. J Biol Chem (2010) 0.86

Actin: its cumbersome pilgrimage through cellular compartments. Histochem Cell Biol (2008) 0.84

Chromosome segregation impacts on cell growth and division site selection in Corynebacterium glutamicum. PLoS One (2013) 0.84

Mechanisms of actin disassembly. Mol Biol Cell (2013) 0.84

MreB-Dependent Inhibition of Cell Elongation during the Escape from Competence in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genet (2015) 0.82

Host-guest chemistry of the peptidoglycan. J Med Chem (2010) 0.82

Interaction of proteins associated with the magnetosome assembly in magnetotactic bacteria as revealed by two-hybrid two-photon excitation fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy Förster resonance energy transfer. J Phys Chem B (2013) 0.80

Deformation of filamentous Escherichia coli cells in a microfluidic device: a new technique to study cell mechanics. PLoS One (2014) 0.79

Bacterial growth and form under mechanical compression. Sci Rep (2015) 0.78

Timely Closure of the Prospore Membrane Requires SPS1 and SPO77 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics (2016) 0.78

The cell's self-generated "electrome": The biophysical essence of the immaterial dimension of Life? Commun Integr Biol (2016) 0.78

In vitro assembly of the bacterial actin protein MamK from ' Candidatus Magnetobacterium casensis' in the phylum Nitrospirae. Protein Cell (2016) 0.78

Cytoskeletal proteins of actinobacteria. Int J Cell Biol (2012) 0.77

Actin in mung bean mitochondria and implications for its function. Plant Cell (2011) 0.77

The Cytoskeleton and Its Regulation by Calcium and Protons. Plant Physiol (2016) 0.76

The effect of inhibition of host MreB on the infection of thermophilic phage GVE2 in high temperature environment. Sci Rep (2014) 0.76

Mycobacterial Growth. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med (2015) 0.75

Contrasting mechanisms of growth in two model rod-shaped bacteria. Nat Commun (2017) 0.75

Rho GTPases in cell biology. Nature (2002) 22.81

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Atomic structure of the actin:DNase I complex. Nature (1990) 11.86

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Interaction network containing conserved and essential protein complexes in Escherichia coli. Nature (2005) 8.19

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Rate constants for the reactions of ATP- and ADP-actin with the ends of actin filaments. J Cell Biol (1986) 7.79

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Control of cell shape in bacteria: helical, actin-like filaments in Bacillus subtilis. Cell (2001) 7.16

Prokaryotic origin of the actin cytoskeleton. Nature (2001) 6.44

An ATPase domain common to prokaryotic cell cycle proteins, sugar kinases, actin, and hsp70 heat shock proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1992) 6.18

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The essential bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ is a GTPase. Nature (1992) 5.67

Crystal structure of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ. Nature (1998) 5.60

Listeria monocytogenes moves rapidly through the host-cell cytoplasm by inducing directional actin assembly. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1990) 5.45

Cytokinesis in bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev (2003) 5.29

Mechanism of actin-based motility. Science (2001) 5.04

Escherichia coli cell-division gene ftsZ encodes a novel GTP-binding protein. Nature (1992) 4.97

Rapid and sequential movement of individual chromosomal loci to specific subcellular locations during bacterial DNA replication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 4.64

MreB actin-mediated segregation of a specific region of a bacterial chromosome. Cell (2005) 4.63

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Colocalization of cell division proteins FtsZ and FtsA to cytoskeletal structures in living Escherichia coli cells by using green fluorescent protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1996) 4.59

Dysfunctional MreB inhibits chromosome segregation in Escherichia coli. EMBO J (2003) 4.37

Division site selection in Escherichia coli involves dynamic redistribution of Min proteins within coiled structures that extend between the two cell poles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2003) 4.31

MreB, the cell shape-determining bacterial actin homologue, co-ordinates cell wall morphogenesis in Caulobacter crescentus. Mol Microbiol (2004) 4.24

Magnetosomes are cell membrane invaginations organized by the actin-like protein MamK. Science (2005) 4.19

The morphogenetic MreBCD proteins of Escherichia coli form an essential membrane-bound complex. Mol Microbiol (2005) 4.15

The bacterial cytoskeleton: an intermediate filament-like function in cell shape. Cell (2003) 4.11

Chromosome and low copy plasmid segregation in E. coli: visual evidence for distinct mechanisms. Cell (1997) 4.06

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An actin-like gene can determine cell polarity in bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 4.00

Dynamic instability in a DNA-segregating prokaryotic actin homolog. Science (2004) 3.99

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F-actin is a helix with a random variable twist. Nature (1982) 3.32

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A widely conserved bacterial cell division protein that promotes assembly of the tubulin-like protein FtsZ. Genes Dev (2002) 3.03

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Actin depolymerizing factor stabilizes an existing state of F-actin and can change the tilt of F-actin subunits. J Cell Biol (2001) 2.63

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Bacterial mitosis: ParM of plasmid R1 moves plasmid DNA by an actin-like insertional polymerization mechanism. Mol Cell (2003) 2.60

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