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Dirk-Jan Scheffers
Researcher at University of Groningen
Publications - 59
Citations - 3504
Dirk-Jan Scheffers is an academic researcher from University of Groningen. The author has contributed to research in topics: FtsZ & Cytoskeleton. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 58 publications receiving 3243 citations. Previous affiliations of Dirk-Jan Scheffers include University of Oxford & Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
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Cytokinesis in Bacteria
TL;DR: Work on two diverse rod-shaped bacteria, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, has defined a set of about 10 conserved proteins that are important for cell division in a wide range of eubacteria, with the exception of at least one penicillin-binding protein, which catalyzes a key step in cell wall synthesis in the division septum.
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Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis: New Insights from Localization Studies
TL;DR: A model in which, at least for a subset of PBPs, the presence of substrate is a major factor in determining PBP localization is discussed, in both rod-shaped and coccoid cells.
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Design of Antibacterial Agents: Alkyl Dihydroxybenzoates against Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri .
Ana Carolina Nazaré,Carlos Roberto Polaquini,Lúcia B. Cavalca,Daiane Bertholin Anselmo,Marilia de Freitas Calmon Saiki,Diego Alves Monteiro,Aleksandra Zielińska,Paula Rahal,Eleni Gomes,Dirk-Jan Scheffers,Henrique Ferreira,Luis Octávio Regasini +11 more
TL;DR: Heptyl dihydroxybenzoates (compounds 4, 16 and 28) are promising anti-Xcc agents which may serve as an alternative for the control of citrus canker.
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Several distinct localization patterns for penicillin-binding proteins in Bacillus subtilis.
TL;DR: GFP–PBP fluorescence patterns suggest that cell wall synthesis is not dispersed but occurs at specific places along the lateral cell wall, and implicate PBP3, PBP5 and PBP4a, and possibly PBP 4, in lateral wall growth.
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GTP hydrolysis of cell division protein FtsZ: Evidence that the active site is formed by the association of monomers
TL;DR: In this article, the role of the tubulin-like loop 7 (T7-loop) in the self-activation of GTP hydrolysis was investigated in Escherichia coli FtsZ.