Publications

Lab members are underlined. (*) indicates co-corresponding authors, (†) indicates co-first authors.

1. Törk L, Moffatt CB, Bernhardt TG, Garner EC*, Kahne D*. Single-molecule dynamics show a transient lipopolysaccharide transport bridge. Nature. 2023 Nov;623(7988):814-819. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06709-x. Epub 2023 Nov 8. PMID: 37938784.

2. Zheng J, Mallon J, Lammers A, Rados T, Litschel T, Moody ERR, Ramirez-Diaz DA, Schmid A, Williams TA, Bisson-Filho AW*, Garner E*. Salactin, a dynamically unstable actin homolog in Haloarchaea. mBio. 2023 Nov 15:e0227223. doi: 10.1128/mbio.02272-23.PMID: 37966230.

3. Wilson SA, Tank RKJ, Hobbs JK, Foster SJ, Garner EC. An exhaustive multiple knockout approach to understanding cell wall hydrolase function in Bacillus subtilis. mBio. 2023 Sep 28;14(5):e0176023. doi: 10.1128/mbio.01760-23. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37768080; PMCID: PMC10653849.

4. Sun Y†, Hürlimann S†, Garner E. Growth rate is modulated by monitoring cell wall precursors in Bacillus subtilis. Nat Microbiol. 2023 Mar;8(3):469-480. doi: 10.1038/s41564-023-01329-7. Epub 2023 Feb 16. PMID: 36797487.

5. Muir V, Sagadiev S, Liu S, Holder U, Armendariz AM, Suchland E, Meitlis I, Camp N, Giltiay N, Tam JM, Garner EC, Wivagg CN, Shows D, James RG, Lacy-Hulbert A, Acharya M. Transcriptomic analysis of pathways associated with ITGAV/alpha(v) integrin-dependent autophagy in human B cells. Autophagy. 2023 Mar;19(3):926-942. doi: 10.1080/15548627.2022.2113296. Epub 2022 Aug 25. PMID: 36016494; PMCID: PMC9980515.

6. Liu Q, Zhu J, Dulberger CL, Stanley S, Wilson S, Chung ES, Wang X, Culviner P, Liu YJ, Hicks ND, Babunovic GH, Giffen SR, Aldridge BB, Garner EC, Rubin EJ, Chao MC, Fortune SM. Tuberculosis treatment failure associated with evolution of antibiotic resilience. Science. 2022 Dec 9;378(6624):1111-1118. doi: 10.1126/science.abq2787. Epub 2022 Dec 8. PMID: 36480634; PMCID: PMC9968493.

7. Kitahara Y, Oldewurtel ER, Wilson S, Sun Y, Altabe S, de Mendoza D, Garner EC, van Teeffelen S. The role of cell-envelope synthesis for envelope growth and cytoplasmic density in Bacillus subtilis. PNAS Nexus. 2022 Jul 26;1(4):pgac134. doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac134. PMID: 36082236; PMCID: PMC9437589.

8. Stork DA, Jones MA, Garner EC*, Kunjapur AM*. Incorporation of a Chemically Diverse Set of Non-Standard Amino Acids into a Gram-Positive Organism. Bio Protoc. 2022 Sep 5;12(17):e4507. doi: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4507. PMID: 36213107; PMCID: PMC9501757.

9. Owen SV†, Wenner N†, Dulberger CL, Rodwell EV, Bowers-Barnard A, Quinones-Olvera N, Rigden DJ, Rubin EJ, Garner EC, Baym M, Hinton JCD. Prophages encode phage-defense systems with cognate self-immunity. Cell Host Microbe. 2021 Nov 10;29(11):1620-1633.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2021.09.002. Epub 2021 Sep 30. PMID: 34597593; PMCID: PMC8585504.

10. Garner EC. Toward a Mechanistic Understanding of Bacterial Rod Shape Formation and Regulation. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2021 Oct 6;37:1-21. doi: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-010521-010834. Epub 2021 Jun 29. PMID: 34186006.

11. Squyres GR, Holmes MJ, Barger SR, Pennycook BR, Ryan J, Yan VT, Garner EC. Single-molecule imaging reveals that Z-ring condensation is essential for cell division in Bacillus subtilis. Nat Microbiol. 2021 May;6(5):553-562. doi: 10.1038/s41564-021-00878-z. Epub 2021 Mar 18. PMID: 33737746; PMCID: PMC8085161.

12. Stork DA, Squyres GR, Kuru E, Gromek KA, Rittichier J, Jog A, Burton BM, Church GM*, Garner EC*, Kunjapur AM*. Designing efficient genetic code expansion in Bacillus subtilis to gain biological insights. Nat Commun. 2021 Sep 14;12(1):5429. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-25691-4. PMID: 34521822; PMCID: PMC8440579.

13. McCausland JW, Yang X, Squyres GR, Lyu Z, Bruce KE, Lamanna MM, Söderström B, Garner EC, Winkler ME, Xiao J, Liu J. Treadmilling FtsZ polymers drive the directional movement of sPG-synthesis enzymes via a Brownian ratchet mechanism. Nat Commun. 2021 Jan 27;12(1):609. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-20873-y.

14. Stoddard, P. R., Lynch, E. M., Farrell, D. P., Dosey, A. M., DiMaio, F., Williams, T. A., Kollman, J. M., Murray, A. W*. & Garner, EC*. Polymerization in the actin ATPase clan regulates hexokinase activity in yeast. Science. 2020 Feb 28;367(6481):1039-1042. doi: 10.1126/science.aay5359 PMID: 32108112; PMCID: PMC7846450.

15. Dion M, Kapoor M, Sun Y, Wilson S, Ryan J, Vigouroux A, van Teeffelen S, Oldenbourg R, Garner EC. Cell Diameter in Bacillus subtilis is Determined by the Opposing Actions of Two Distinct Cell Wall Synthetic Systems. Nat Microbiol. Nature Publishing Group; 2019 May 13;24:1. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0439-0. Epub 2019 May 13. PMID: 31086310; PMCID: PMC6656618.

16. Wong F, Garner EC*, Amir A*. Mechanics and dynamics of translocating MreB filaments on curved membranes Elife. 2019 Feb 18;8. 

17. Rohs PDA, Buss J, Sim SI, Squyres GR, Srisuknimit V, Smith M, Cho H, Sjodt M, Kruse AC, Garner EC, Walker S, Kahne DE, Bernhardt TG. A central role for PBP2 in the activation of peptidoglycan polymerization by the bacterial cell elongation machinery. PLoS Genet. Public Library of Science; 2018 Oct 18;14(10):e1007726.

18. Hussain S, Wivagg CN, Szwedziak P, Wong F, Schaefer K, Izoré T, Renner LD, Holmes MJ, Sun Y, Bisson-Filho AW, Walker S, Amir A, Lowe J, Garner EC*. MreB filaments align along greatest principal membrane curvature to orient cell wall synthesis. Elife. 2018 Feb 22;7:1239.

19. Bisson-Filho AW, Zheng J, Garner EC*. Archaeal imaging: leading the hunt for new discoveries.  Molecular Biology of the Cell. 2018 Jul 15;29(14):1675-81. doi: 10.1091/mboc.E17-10-060 10.1091/mbc.E17-10-0603. PMID: 30001185; PMCID: PMC6080714.

20. Eun Y-J, Ho P-Y, Kim M, LaRussa S, Robert L, Renner LD, Schmid A*, Garner E*, Amir A*. Archaeal cells share common size control with bacteria despite noisier growth and division. Nat Microbiol. 2018 Feb;3(2):148-154. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0082-6. PMID: 29255255.

21. David L, Li Y, Ma J, Garner E, Zhang X, Wu H. Assembly mechanism of the CARMA1-BCL10-MALT1-TRAF6 signalosome. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. National Academy of Sciences; 2018 Jan 30;23:201721967.

22. Hsu Y-P, Rittichier J, Kuru E, Yablonowski J, Pasciak E, Tekkam S, Hall E, Murphy B, Lee TK, Garner EC, Huang KC, Brun YV, VanNieuwenhze MS. Full color palette of fluorescent d-amino acids for in situ labeling of bacterial cell walls. Chem Sci. 2017 Sep 1;8(9):6313-21.

23. Bisson-Filho AW†, Hsu Y-P†, Squyres GR†, Kuru E†, Wu F, Jukes C, Sun Y, Dekker C*, Holden S*, VanNieuwenhze MS*, Brun YV*, Garner EC*. Treadmilling by FtsZ filaments drives peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial cell division. Science. 2017 Feb 17;355(6326):739-43. doi: 10.1126/science.aak9973. Erratum in: Science. 2020 Jan 17;367(6475): PMID: 28209898; PMCID: PMC5485650.

24. Stoddard PR, Williams TA*, Garner E*, Baum B*. Evolution of polymer formation within the actin superfamily. Drubin DG, editor. Mol. Biol. Cell. 2017 Sep 15;28(19):2461-9.

25. Cho H, Wivagg CN, Kapoor M, Barry Z, Rohs PDA, Suh H, Marto JA, Garner EC*, Bernhardt TG*. Bacterial cell wall biogenesis is mediated by SEDS and PBP polymerase families functioning semi-autonomously. Nat Microbiol. Nature Publishing Group; 2016 Sep 19;1(10):16172.

26. Eun Y-J†, Kapoor M†, Hussain S, Garner EC. Bacterial Filament Systems: Toward Understanding Their Emergent Behavior and Cellular Functions. J Biol Chem. 2015 Jul 10;290(28):17181-9.

27. Meisner J, Montero Llopis P, Sham L-T, Garner E, Bernhardt TG, Rudner DZ. FtsEX is required for CwlO peptidoglycan hydrolase activity during cell wall elongation in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol. 2013 Sep;89(6):1069-83.

Prior to starting the Garner lab.

28. Garner EC, Bernard R, Wang W, Zhuang X*, Rudner DZ*, Mitchison T*. Coupled, circumferential motions of the cell wall synthesis machinery and MreB filaments in B. subtilis. Science. 2011 Jul 8;333(6039):222-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1203285. Epub 2011 Jun 2. PMID: 21636745; PMCID: PMC3235694.

29. Garner EC. MicrobeTracker: quantitative image analysis designed for the smallest organisms. Mol Microbiol. Wiley/Blackwell (10.1111); 2011 May;80(3):577-9.

30. Ptacin JL, Lee SF, Garner EC, Toro E, Eckart M, Comolli LR, Moerner WE, Shapiro L. A spindle-like apparatus guides bacterial chromosome segregation. Nat Cell Biol. 2010 Aug;12(8):791-8.

31. Choi CL, Claridge SA, Garner EC, Alivisatos AP, Mullins RD. Protein-nanocrystal conjugates support a single filament polymerization model in R1 plasmid segregation. Journal of Biological Chemistry. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; 2008 Oct 17;283(42):28081-6.

32. Orlova A, Garner EC, Galkin VE, Heuser J, Mullins RD, Egelman EH. The structure of bacterial ParM filaments. Nat Struct Mol Biol. Nature Publishing Group; 2007 Oct;14(10):921-6.

33. Garner EC, Campbell CS, Weibel DB, Mullins RD. Reconstitution of DNA segregation driven by assembly of a prokaryotic actin homolog. Science. 2007 Mar 2;315(5816):1270-4.

34. Garner EC, Campbell CS, Mullins RD. Dynamic instability in a DNA-segregating prokaryotic actin homolog. Science. 2004 Nov 5;306(5698):1021-5.

35. Bailey RW, Dunker AK, Brown CJ, Garner EC, Griswold MD. Clusterin, a binding protein with a molten globule-like region. Biochemistry. 2001st ed. 2001 Oct 2;40(39):11828-40.

36. Brown CJ, Garner EC, Dunker AK, Joyce P. The power to detect recombination using the coalescent. Mol Biol Evol. 2001 Jul;18(7):1421-4.

37. Iakoucheva LM, Kimzey AL, Masselon CD, Bruce JE, Garner EC, Brown CJ, Dunker AK, Smith RD, Ackerman EJ. Identification of intrinsic order and disorder in the DNA repair protein XPA. Protein Sci. 2001st ed. 2001 Mar;10(3):560-71.

38. Romero P, Obradovic Z, Li X, Garner EC, Brown CJ, Dunker AK. Sequence complexity of disordered protein. Proteins. 2001 Jan 1;42(1):38-48.

39. Dunker AK, Lawson JD, Brown CJ, Williams RM, Romero P, Oh JS, Oldfield CJ, Campen AM, Ratliff CM, Hipps KW, Ausio J, Nissen MS, Reeves R, Kang C, Kissinger CR, Bailey RW, Griswold MD, Chiu W, Garner EC, Obradovic Z. Intrinsically disordered protein. J. Mol. Graph. Model. 2001;19(1):26-59.

40. Williams RM, Obradovic Z, Mathura V, Braun W, Garner EC, Young J, Takayama S, Brown CJ, Dunker AK. The protein non-folding problem: amino acid determinants of intrinsic order and disorder. Pac Symp Biocomput. 2001st ed. 2001; 89-100.

41. Guyon VN, Astwood JD, Garner EC, Dunker AK, Taylor, L. P. Isolation and characterization of cDNAs expressed in the early stages of flavonol-induced pollen germination in petunia. Plant Physiol. 2000 ed. 2000 Jun;123(2):699-710.

42. Li X, Obradovic Z, Brown CJ, Garner EC, Dunker AK. Comparing predictors of disordered protein. Genome Inform Ser Workshop Genome Inform. 2000;11:172-84.

43. Dunker AK, Obradovic Z, Romero P, Garner EC, Brown CJ. Intrinsic protein disorder in complete genomes. Genome Inform Ser Workshop Genome Inform. 2000;11:161-71.

44. Garner E, Romero P, Dunker A, Brown C, Obradovic Z. Predicting Binding Regions within Disordered Proteins. Genome Inform Ser Workshop Genome Inform. 1999;10:41-50.

45. Garner E, Cannon P, Romero P, Obradovic Z, Dunker A. Predicting Disordered Regions from Amino Acid Sequence: Common Themes Despite Differing Structural Characterization. Genome Inform Ser Workshop Genome Inform. 1998;9:201-13.

46.  Xie Q, Arnold G, Romero P, Obradovic Z, Garner E, Dunker A. The Sequence Attribute Method for Determining Relationships Between Sequence and Protein Disorder. Genome Inform Ser Workshop. 1998;9:193-200.

47. Dunker AK, Garner E, Guilliot S, Romero P, Albrecht K, Hart J, Obradovic Z, Kissinger C, Villafranca JE. Protein disorder and the evolution of molecular recognition: theory, predictions and observations. Pac Symp Biocomput. 1998;473-84.

48. Romero P, Obradovic Z, Kissinger CR, Villafranca JE, Garner E, Guilliot S, Dunker AK. Thousands of proteins likely to have long disordered regions. Pac Symp Biocomput. 1998;437-48.