Joshua W. McCausland

A two-track model for the spatiotemporal coordination of bacterial septal cell wall synthesis revealed by single-molecule imaging of FtsW

Xinxing Yang, Ryan McQuillen, Zhixin Lyu et al. · Nature Microbiology · 2021 · 105 citations · Full text

Biophysical Modeling, Spatiotemporal Coordination, Single-molecule Imaging +8

Treadmilling FtsZ polymers drive the directional movement of sPG-synthesis enzymes via a Brownian ratchet mechanism

Joshua W. McCausland, Xinxing Yang, Georgia R. Squyres et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 83 citations · Full text

Toxin Mediates Sepsis Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis

Qin Li, Fei Da, Emilie L. Fisher et al. · PLoS Pathogens · 2017 · 75 citations · Full text

Cns Trigger Sepsis, Toxinology, Microbial Pathogens +19

FtsN maintains active septal cell wall synthesis by forming a processive complex with the septum-specific peptidoglycan synthases in E. coli

Zhixin Lyu, Atsushi Yahashiri, Xinxing Yang et al. · Nature Communications · 2022 · 59 citations · Full text

Antimicrobial Peptide Resistance Mechanism Contributes to Staphylococcus aureus Infection

Gordon Y. C. Cheung, Emilie L. Fisher, Joshua W. McCausland et al. · The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2018 · 36 citations · Full text

Medical Microbiology, Antimicrobial Resistance Gene, Antimicrobial Susceptibility +15