Search Results - "Faure, Laura M"
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The mechanism of force transmission at bacterial focal adhesion complexes
Published in Nature (London) (24-11-2016)“…Various rod-shaped bacteria mysteriously glide on surfaces in the absence of appendages such as flagella or pili. In the deltaproteobacterium Myxococcus…”
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Competition for endothelial cell polarity drives vascular morphogenesis in the mouse retina
Published in Developmental cell (10-10-2022)“…© 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license…”
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Ruffled in water, smooth in honey
Published in Nature physics (01-09-2022)“…Cells can sense the mechanical properties of their environment. By adjusting the ruffling of their membranes, cells respond to different viscosities of their…”
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Internalization of Salmonella by Macrophages Induces Formation of Nonreplicating Persisters
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (10-01-2014)“…Many bacterial pathogens cause persistent infections despite repeated antibiotic exposure. Bacterial persisters are antibiotic-tolerant cells, but little is…”
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Characterization of a novel two-partner secretion system implicated in the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Published in Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) (01-09-2014)“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen implicated in nosocomial infection and infecting people with compromised immune systems such as…”
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The small G-protein MglA connects to the MreB actin cytoskeleton at bacterial focal adhesions
Published in The Journal of cell biology (20-07-2015)“…In Myxococcus xanthus the gliding motility machinery is assembled at the leading cell pole to form focal adhesions, translocated rearward to propel the cell,…”
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3D Micropatterned Traction Force Microscopy: A Technique to Control 3D Cell Shape While Measuring Cell-Substrate Force Transmission
Published in Advanced science (23-10-2024)“…Cell shape and function are intimately linked, in a way that is mediated by the forces exerted between cells and their environment. The relationship between…”
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Unmasking of the von Willebrand A-domain surface adhesin CglB at bacterial focal adhesions mediates myxobacterial gliding motility
Published in Science advances (24-02-2023)“…The predatory deltaproteobacterium Myxococcus xanthus uses a helically-trafficked motor at bacterial focal-adhesion (bFA) sites to power gliding motility…”
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Phosphate starvation relayed by PhoB activates the expression of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa σvreI ECF factor and its target genes
Published in Microbiology (Society for General Microbiology) (01-07-2013)“…The cell-surface signalling (CSS) system represents an important regulatory mechanism by which Gram-negative bacteria respond to the environment. Gene…”
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