Joe Lutkenhaus

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• The SOS response-induced cell division inhibitor YneA interacts with FtsW to block septal peptidoglycan synthesis in Bacillus subtilis

  Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2026-06-01

• Direct interaction between MreB and the RodA‐PBP2 complex organizes lateral cell wall synthesis in <i>Escherichia coli</i>

  mLife · 2026-05-18

• ZapA uses a two‐pronged mechanism to facilitate Z ring formation in <i>Escherichia coli</i>

  mLife · 2025-12-01

• ZapC crosslinks FtsZ filaments through a dual-binding mechanism modulated by the intrinsically disordered linker of FtsZ in <i>Escherichia coli</i>

  mBio · 2025-10-20

• ZapA employs a two-pronged mechanism to facilitate Z ring formation in <i>Escherichia coli</i>Preprint

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2025-01-01 · 2 citations

• The divisome is a self-enhancing machine in Escherichia coli and Caulobacter crescentus

  Nature Communications · 2024-09-18 · 16 citations