Mariana Pinho - Selected Publications#

65 papers in total (32 as first or last author); h index = 34; over 3500 citations

Ten selected papers

1. Reassessment of the distinctive geometry of Staphylococcus aureus cell division. Saraiva BM, Sorg M, Pereira A, Ferreira MJ, Caulat LC, Reichmann NT, Pinho MG.
Nat Commun 2020;11:4097. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17940-9. Citations: 4

2. Staphylococcus aureus cell growth and division are regulated by an amidase that trims peptides from uncrosslinked peptidoglycan. Do T, Schaefer K, Santiago AG, Coe KA, Fernandes PB, Kahne D, Pinho MG, Walker S.
Nature Microbiology 2020; 5:291-303. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0632-1. Citations: 11

3. SEDS-bPBP pairs direct lateral and septal peptidoglycan synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus. Reichmann NT, Tavares AC, Saraiva BM, Jousselin A, Reed P, Pereira AR, Monteiro JM, VanNieuwenhze MS, Fernandes F, Pinho MG.
Nature Microbiology. 2019; 4:1368-1377. doi: 10.1038/s41564-019-0437-2. Citations: 26

4. Peptidoglycan synthesis drives an FtsZ-treadmilling-independent step of cytokinesis. Monteiro JM, Pereira AR, Reichmann NT, Saraiva BM, Fernandes PB, Veiga H, Tavares AC, Santos M, Ferreira MT, Macário V, VanNieuwenhze MS, Filipe SR, Pinho MG.
Nature. 2018; 554:528-532. doi: 10.1038/nature25506. Citations: 68

5. Cell shape dynamics during the staphylococcal cell cycle. Monteiro JM, Fernandes PB, Vaz F, Pereira AR, Tavares AC, Ferreira MT, Pereira PM, Veiga H, Kuru E, VanNieuwenhze MS, Brun YV, Filipe SR, Pinho MG.
Nat Commun. 2015; 6:8055. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9055. Citations: 103

6. Staphylococcus aureus survives with a minimal peptidoglycan synthesis machine but sacrifices virulence and antibiotic resistance. Reed P, Atilano ML, Alves R, Hoiczyk E, Sher X, Reichmann NT, Pereira PM, Roemer T, Filipe SR, Pereira-Leal JB, Ligoxygakis P, Pinho MG.
PLoS Pathog. 2015; 11:e1004891. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004891. Citations: 43

7. Bacterial autolysins trim cell surface peptidoglycan to prevent detection by the Drosophila innate immune system. Atilano ML, Pereira PM, Vaz F, Catalão MJ, Reed P, Grilo IR, Sobral RG, Ligoxygakis P, Pinho MG, Filipe SR.
eLife. 2014; 3:e02277. doi: 10.7554/eLife.02277. Citations: 28

8. How to get (a)round: mechanisms controlling growth and division of coccoid bacteria. Pinho MG, Kjos M, Veening JW.
Nat Rev Microbiol. 2013; 11:601-14. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro3088. Review. Citations: 157

9. Restoring methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus susceptibility to β-lactam antibiotics. Tan CM, (...), Pinho MG, Soisson SM, Roemer T.
Sci Transl Med. 2012; 4:126ra35. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3003592. Citations: 171

10. An acquired and a native penicillin-binding protein cooperate in building the cell wall of drug-resistant staphylococci.
Pinho MG, de Lencastre H, Tomasz A.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001; 98:10886-91. doi:10.1073/pnas.191260798. Citations: 237