| Myxobacteria gliding motility requires cytoskeleton rotation powered by proton motive force B Nan, J Chen, JC Neu, RM Berry, G Oster, DR Zusman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (6), 2498－2503, 2011 | 168 | 2011 |
| Bacterial motility complexes require the actin-like protein, MreB and the Ras homologue, MglA EMF Mauriello, F Mouhamar, B Nan, A Ducret, D Dai, DR Zusman, ... The EMBO journal 29 (2), 315-326, 2009 | 155 | 2009 |
| Uncovering the Mystery of Gliding Motility in Myxobacteria B Nan, D Zusman Annual Review of Genetics 45, 21-39, 2011 | 134 | 2011 |
| A multi‐protein complex from Myxococcus xanthus required for bacterial gliding motility B Nan, EMF Mauriello, IH Sun, A Wong, DR Zusman Molecular microbiology 76 (6), 1539-1554, 2010 | 99 | 2010 |
| Bacteria that glide with helical tracks B Nan, MJ McBride, J Chen, DR Zusman, G Oster Current Biology 24 (4), R169-R173, 2014 | 93 | 2014 |
| Novel mechanisms power bacterial gliding motility B Nan, DR Zusman Molecular microbiology 101 (2), 186-193, 2016 | 90 | 2016 |
| Hybrid promiscuous (Hypr) GGDEF enzymes produce cyclic AMP-GMP (3′, 3′-cGAMP) ZF Hallberg, XC Wang, TA Wright, B Nan, O Ad, J Yeo, MC Hammond Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (7), 1790-1795, 2016 | 87 | 2016 |
| C4-dicarboxylates sensing mechanism revealed by the crystal structures of DctB sensor domain YF Zhou, B Nan (co-first author), J Nan, Q Ma, S Panjikar, YH Liang, ... Journal of molecular biology 383 (1), 49-61, 2008 | 86 | 2008 |
| Flagella stator homologs function as motors for myxobacterial gliding motility by moving in helical trajectories B Nan, JN Bandaria, A Moghtaderi, IH Sun, A Yildiz, DR Zusman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (16), E1508-E1513, 2013 | 85 | 2013 |
| Roadmap on emerging concepts in the physical biology of bacterial biofilms: from surface sensing to community formation GCL Wong, JD Antani, PP Lele, J Chen, B Nan, MJ Kühn, A Persat, JL Bru, ... Physical biology 18 (5), 051501, 2021 | 50 | 2021 |
| Investigating subcellular compartment targeting effect of porous coordination cages for enhancing cancer nanotherapy Y Fang, X Lian, Y Huang, G Fu, Z Xiao, Q Wang, B Nan, JP Pellois, ... Small 14 (47), 1802709, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| AglZ regulates adventurous (A‐) motility in Myxococcus xanthus through its interaction with the cytoplasmic receptor, FrzCD EMF Mauriello, B Nan, DR Zusman Molecular microbiology 72 (4), 964-977, 2009 | 45 | 2009 |
| MotAB-like machinery drives the movement of MreB filaments during bacterial gliding motility G Fu, JN Bandaria, AV Le Gall, X Fan, A Yildiz, T Mignot, DR Zusman, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (10), 2484-2489, 2018 | 41 | 2018 |
| Bacterial gliding motility: rolling out a consensus model B Nan Current Biology 27 (4), R154-R156, 2017 | 41 | 2017 |
| Exopolysaccharides promote Myxococcus xanthus social motility by inhibiting cellular reversals T Zhou, B Nan Molecular microbiology 103 (4), 729-743, 2017 | 37 | 2017 |
| Mechanisms for bacterial gliding motility on soft substrates J Tchoufag, P Ghosh, CB Pogue, B Nan, KK Mandadapu Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (50), 25087-25096, 2019 | 36 | 2019 |
| The polarity of myxobacterial gliding is regulated by direct interactions between the gliding motors and the Ras homolog MglA B Nan, JN Bandaria, KY Guo, X Fan, A Moghtaderi, A Yildiz, DR Zusman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (2), E186-E193, 2015 | 34 | 2015 |
| Second messengers and divergent HD‐GYP phosphodiesterases regulate 3′, 3′‐cGAMP signaling TA Wright, L Jiang, JJ Park, WA Anderson, G Chen, ZF Hallberg, B Nan, ... Molecular microbiology 113 (1), 222-236, 2020 | 26 | 2020 |
| From signal perception to signal transduction: ligand‐induced dimeric switch of DctB sensory domain in solution B Nan, X Liu, Y Zhou, J Liu, L Zhang, J Wen, X Zhang, XD Su, YP Wang Molecular microbiology 75 (6), 1484-1494, 2010 | 21 | 2010 |
| PlpA, a PilZ‐like protein, regulates directed motility of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus CB Pogue, T Zhou, B Nan Molecular microbiology 107 (2), 214-228, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
Jing ChenAssociate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia TechVerified email at vt.edu
