Latest Publications

Selected Publications

  • Lyu Z, Yahashiri A, Yang X, McCausland JM, Kaus GM, McQuillen R, Weiss D.S. & Xiao J. (2022) FtsN maintains active septal cell wall synthesis by forming a processive complex with the septum-specific peptidoglycan synthases in E. coli. Nat. Commun.  2022 Sep 30;13(1):5751. PMID: 36180460. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33404-8. 

  • Yahashiri, A., Babor, J. T., Anwar, A. L., Bezy, R. P., Piette, E. W., Arends, S. J., Müh, U., Steffen, M. R., Cline, J. M., Stanek, D. N., Lister, S. D., Swanson, S. M. & Weiss, D. S. (2020). DrpB (YedR) is a non-essential cell division protein in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 202 (23) e00284-20. PMID: 32900831. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00284-20.

  • Jones-Carson, J., Yahashiri, A., Kim, J. S., Liu, L., Fitzsimmons, L. F., Weiss, D. S. & Vázquez-Torres, A. (2020). Nitric oxide disrupts bacterial cytokinesis by poisoning purine matabolism. Sci Adv 6 (9) eaaz0260. PMID: 32133408. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz0260.

  • Müh, U., Pannullo, A. G., Weiss, D. S. & Ellermeier, C. D. (2019). A Xylose-Inducible Expression System and a CRISPR Interference Plasmid for Targeted Knockdown of Gene Expression in Clostridioides difficile. J Bacteriol 201 (14) e00711-18. PMID: 30745377. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00711-18.
  • Ransom, E. M., Kaus, G. M., Tran, P. M., Ellermeier, C. D. & Weiss, D. S. (2018). Multiple factors contribute to bimodal toxin gene expression in Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile. Mol Microbiol 110 (4) 533-549. PMID: 30125399. DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14107.
  • Yahashiri, A., Jorgenson, M. A. & Weiss, D. S. (2017). The SPOR Domain, a Widely Conserved Peptidoglycan Binding Domain That Targets Proteins to the Site of Cell Division. J Bacteriol 199 (14) e00118-17. PMID: 28396350. DOI: 10.1128/JB.00118-17.
  • Ransom, E. M., Weiss, D. S. & Ellermeier, C. D. (2016). Use of mCherryOpt Fluorescent Protein in Clostridium difficile. Methods Mol Biol 1476 53-67. PMID: 27507333. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6361-4_5.
  • Yahashiri, A., Jorgenson, M. A. & Weiss, D. S. (2015). Bacterial SPOR domains are recruited to septal peptidoglycan by binding to glycan strands that lack stem peptides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112 (36) 11347-52. PMID: 26305949. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1508536112.
  • Weiss, D. S. (2015). Last but not least: new insights into how FtsN triggers constriction during Escherichia coli cell division. (Vols. 95). (6), pp. 903-9. Mol Microbiol. PMID: 25571948. DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12925.
  • Ransom, E. M., Ellermeier, C. D. & Weiss, D. S. (2015). Use of mCherry Red fluorescent protein for studies of protein localization and gene expression in Clostridium difficile. Appl Environ Microbiol 81 (5) 1652-60. PMID: 25527559. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03446-14.
  • Buchanan, B. B., Hall, J. A. & Weiss, D. S. (2015). Sydney Kustu 1943-2014. National Academy of Sciences.