Yasu Morita

Associate Professor

University of Massachusetts Amherst

United States

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Dr. Yasu Morita is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. His research focuses on mycobacterial glycolipid biosynthesis, membrane dynamics, and the effective targeting of biofilms, as highlighted in his recent publications. He explores critical mechanisms that govern cell wall integrity and membrane compartmentalization in mycobacteria.

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M. Sloan Siegrist

University of Massachusetts Boston

UNITED STATES

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Yaqi Liu

Weill Cornell Medicine

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William Jacobs

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine

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Nuno Borges

Invited Auxiliary Professor (60%)

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão

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Articles (12)

Mechanistic studies of mycobacterial glycolipid biosynthesis by the mannosyltransferase PimE

Proton gradient controls the lateral rearrangement of inner membrane domains in response to membrane fluidizer stress in Mycobacterium smegmatis.

Effective killing of Mycobacterium abscessus biofilm by nanoemulsion delivery of plant phytochemicals

Detergent-induced quantitatively limited formation of diacyl phosphatidylinositol dimannoside in Mycobacterium smegmatis

Lipoarabinomannan mediates localized cell wall integrity during division in mycobacteria

Comparison of the transcriptome, lipidome, and c-di-GMP production between BCGΔBCG1419c and BCG, with Mincle- and Myd88-dependent induction of proinflammatory cytokines in murine macrophages.

Mycobacterium smegmatis: The Vanguard of Mycobacterial Research

Tuberculostearic Acid Controls Mycobacterial Membrane Compartmentalization

Inositol acylation of phosphatidylinositol mannosides: a rapid mass response to membrane fluidization in mycobacteria

Cell Wall Damage Reveals Spatial Flexibility in Peptidoglycan Synthesis and a Nonredundant Role for RodA in Mycobacteria

Membrane-partitioned cell wall synthesis in mycobacteria

Role of LmeA, a Mycobacterial Periplasmic Protein, in Maintaining the Mannosyltransferase MptA and Its Product Lipomannan under Stress

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M. Sloan Siegrist

Yaqi Liu

William Jacobs

Nuno Borges

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