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    Benn G, Mikheyeva I, Inns P, Forster J, Ojkic N, Bortolini C, Ryadnov M, Kleanthous C, Silhavy T, Hoogenboom B. Phase separation in the outer membrane of . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021;118(44). PMCID: PMC8612244
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    Martin N, Blackman E, Bratton B, Chase K, Bartlett T, Gitai Z. CrvA and CrvB form a curvature-inducing module sufficient to induce cell-shape complexity in Gram-negative bacteria. Nat Microbiol. 2021;6(7):910–920. PMCID: PMC8764749
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    Taylor J, Bratton B, Sichel S, Blair K, Jacobs H, DeMeester K, Kuru E, Gray J, Biboy J, VanNieuwenhze M, Vollmer W, Grimes C, Shaevitz J, Salama N. Distinct cytoskeletal proteins define zones of enhanced cell wall synthesis in . Elife. 2020;9. PMCID: PMC7012605
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    Mitchell A, Silhavy T. Envelope stress responses: balancing damage repair and toxicity. Nat Rev Microbiol. 2019;17(7):417–428. PMCID: PMC6596312
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    Aedo S, Orman M, Brynildsen M. Stationary phase persister formation in Escherichia coli can be suppressed by piperacillin and PBP3 inhibition. BMC Microbiol. 2019;19(1):140. PMCID: PMC6591824
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    Hall A, Rose M. Cell fusion in yeast is negatively regulated by components of the cell wall integrity pathway. Mol Biol Cell. 2019;30(4):441–452. PMCID: PMC6594448
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    Shaevitz J. Microbiology: Peeling Back the Layers of Bacterial Envelope Mechanics. Curr Biol. 2018;28(20):R1210-R1211. PMID: 30352194
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    Trivedi R, Crooks J, Auer G, Pendry J, Foik I, Siryaporn A, Abbott N, Gitai Z, Weibel D. Mechanical Genomic Studies Reveal the Role of d-Alanine Metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cell Stiffness. mBio. 2018;9(5). PMCID: PMC6134093
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    Bratton B, Shaevitz J, Gitai Z, Morgenstein R. MreB polymers and curvature localization are enhanced by RodZ and predict E. coli’s cylindrical uniformity. Nat Commun. 2018;9(1):2797. PMCID: PMC6052060
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    Shi H, Bratton B, Gitai Z, Huang K. How to Build a Bacterial Cell: MreB as the Foreman of E. coli Construction. Cell. 2018;172(6):1294–1305. PMCID: PMC5846203
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    Smith J, Hall A, Rose M. Membrane curvature directs the localization of Cdc42p to novel foci required for cell-cell fusion. J Cell Biol. 2017;216(12):3971–3980. PMCID: PMC5716282
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    May K, Silhavy T. Making a membrane on the other side of the wall. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids. 2017;1862(11):1386–1393. PMCID: PMC5388599
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    Morgenstein R, Bratton B, Nguyen J, Ouzounov N, Shaevitz J, Gitai Z. RodZ links MreB to cell wall synthesis to mediate MreB rotation and robust morphogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015;112(40):12510–5. PMCID: PMC4603514
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    Silhavy T. Classic Spotlight: Gram-Negative Bacteria Have Two Membranes. J Bacteriol. 2016;198(2):201. PMCID: PMC4751781
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    Sutterlin H, Shi H, May K, Miguel A, Khare S, Huang K, Silhavy T. Disruption of lipid homeostasis in the Gram-negative cell envelope activates a novel cell death pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016;113(11):E1565–74. PMCID: PMC4801249
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