Dr Nhat Khai Bui
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 3211 Address: The Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology
Bisicchia P, Bui NK, Aldridge C, Vollmer W, Devine KM. Acquisition of VanB-type vancomycin resistance by Bacillus subtilis : the impact on gene expression, cell wall composition and morphology .
Molecular Microbiology 2011, 81 (1), 157-178.
Bui NK, Turk S, Buckenmaier S, Stevenson-Jones F, Zeuch B, Gobec S, Vollmer W. Development of screening assays and discovery of initial inhibitors of pneumococcal peptidoglycan deacetylase PgdA .
Biochemical Pharmacology 2011, 82 (1), 43-52.
Kern T, Giffard M, Hediger S, Amoroso A, Giustini C, Bui NK, Joris B, Bougault C, Vollmer W, Simorre J-P. Dynamics characterization of fully hydrated bacterial cell walls by solid-state NMR: evidence for cooperative binding of metal ions .
Journal of the American Chemical Society 2010, 132 (31), 10911-10919.
Cabeen MT, Murolo MA, Briegel A, Bui NK, Vollmer W, Ausmees N, Jensen GJ, Jacobs-Wagner C. Mutations in the lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis pathway interfere with crescentin-mediated cell curvature in Caulobacter crescentus .
Journal of Bacteriology 2010, 192 (13), 3368-3378.
Bui NK, Gray J, Schwarz H, Schumann P, Blanot D, Vollmer W. The peptidoglycan sacculus of Myxococcus xanthus has unusual structural features and is degraded during glycerol-induced myxospore development .
Journal of Bacteriology 2009, 191 (2), 494-505.
Fittipaldi N, Sekizaki T, Takamatsu D, de la Cruz Domínguez-Punaro M, Harel J, Bui NK, Vollmer W, Gottschalk M. Significant contribution of the pgdA gene to the virulence of Streptococcus suis .
Molecular Microbiology 2008, 70 (5), 1120-1135.
Russell AB, Singh P, Brittnacher M, Bui NK, Hood RD, Carl MA, Agnello DM, Schwarz S, Goodlett DR, Vollmer W, Mougous JD. A widespread bacterial type VI secretion effector superfamily identified using a heuristic approach .
Cell Host & Microbe 2012, 11 (5), 538-549.
Osborne SE, Tuinema BR, Mok MCY, Lau PS, Bui NK, Tomljenovic-Berube AM, Vollmer W, Zhang K, Junop M, Coombes BK. Characterization of DalS, an ATP-binding cassette transporter for D-alanine, and its role in pathogenesis in Salmonella enterica .
Journal of Biological Chemistry 2012, 287 (19), 15242-15250.
Figueiredo TA, Sobral RG, Ludovice AM, de Almeida JMF, Bui NK, Vollmer W, de Lencastre H, Tomasz A. Identification of genetic determinants and enzymes involved with the amidation of glutamic acid residues in the peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus .
PLoS Pathogens 2012, 8 (1), e1002508.
Bui NK, Eberhardt A, Vollmer D, Kern T, Bougault C, Tomasz A, Simorre JP, Vollmer W. Isolation and analysis of cell wall components from Streptococcus pneumoniae .
Analytical Biochemistry 2012, 421 (2), 657-666.
Lerner TR, Lovering AL, Bui NK, Uchida K, Aizawa SI, Vollmer W, Sockett RE. Specialized peptidoglycan hydrolases sculpt the intra-bacterial niche of predatory Bdellovibrio and increase population fitness .
PLoS Pathogens 2012, 8 (2), e1002524.
Chou S, Bui NK, Russell AB, Lexa KW, Gardiner TE, LeRoux M, Vollmer W, Mougous JD. Structure of a Peptidoglycan Amidase Effector Targeted to Gram-Negative Bacteria by the Type VI Secretion System .
Cell Reports 2012, 1 (6), 656-664.
Kawai Y, Marles-Wright J, Cleverley RM, Emmins R, Ishikawa S, Kuwano M, Heinz N, Bui NK, Hoyland CN, Ogasawara N, Lewis RJ, Vollmer W, Daniel RA, Errington J. A widespread family of bacterial cell wall assembly proteins .
EMBO Journal 2011, 30 (24), 4931-4941.
Russell AB, Hood RD, Bui NK, LeRoux M, Vollmer W, Mougous JD. Type VI secretion delivers bacteriolytic effectors to target cells .
Nature 2011, 475 (7356), 343-347.
