| A widespread family of bacterial cell wall assembly proteins Y Kawai, J Marles‐Wright, RM Cleverley, R Emmins, S Ishikawa, ... The EMBO journal 30 (24), 4931-4941, 2011 | 280 | 2011 |
| Excess membrane synthesis drives a primitive mode of cell proliferation R Mercier, Y Kawai, J Errington Cell 152 (5), 997-1007, 2013 | 232 | 2013 |
| RodA as the missing glycosyltransferase in Bacillus subtilis and antibiotic discovery for the peptidoglycan polymerase pathway K Emami, A Guyet, Y Kawai, J Devi, LJ Wu, N Allenby, RA Daniel, ... Nature microbiology 2 (3), 1-9, 2017 | 194 | 2017 |
| A new FtsZ‐interacting protein, YlmF, complements the activity of FtsA during progression of cell division in Bacillus subtilis S Ishikawa, Y Kawai, K Hiramatsu, M Kuwano, N Ogasawara Molecular microbiology 60 (6), 1364-1380, 2006 | 186 | 2006 |
| Noc protein binds to specific DNA sequences to coordinate cell division with chromosome segregation LJ Wu, S Ishikawa, Y Kawai, T Oshima, N Ogasawara, J Errington The EMBO journal 28 (13), 1940-1952, 2009 | 183 | 2009 |
| Identification of a protein, YneA, responsible for cell division suppression during the SOS response in Bacillus subtilis Y Kawai, S Moriya, N Ogasawara Molecular microbiology 47 (4), 1113-1122, 2003 | 169 | 2003 |
| Regulation of cell wall morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis by recruitment of PBP1 to the MreB helix Y Kawai, RA Daniel, J Errington Molecular microbiology 71 (5), 1131-1144, 2009 | 167 | 2009 |
| L-form bacteria, chronic diseases and the origins of life J Errington, K Mickiewicz, Y Kawai, LJ Wu Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 …, 2016 | 145 | 2016 |
| General principles for the formation and proliferation of a wall-free (L-form) state in bacteria R Mercier, Y Kawai, J Errington elife 3, e04629, 2014 | 134 | 2014 |
| Partial functional redundancy of MreB isoforms, MreB, Mbl and MreBH, in cell morphogenesis of Bacillus subtilis Y Kawai, K Asai, J Errington Molecular microbiology 73 (4), 719-731, 2009 | 133 | 2009 |
| Lysozyme counteracts β-lactam antibiotics by promoting the emergence of L-form bacteria Y Kawai, K Mickiewicz, J Errington Cell 172 (5), 1038-1049. e10, 2018 | 124 | 2018 |
| Possible role of L-form switching in recurrent urinary tract infection KM Mickiewicz, Y Kawai, L Drage, MC Gomes, F Davison, R Pickard, ... Nature communications 10 (1), 4379, 2019 | 113 | 2019 |
| Cell growth of wall-free L-form bacteria is limited by oxidative damage Y Kawai, R Mercier, LJ Wu, P Domínguez-Cuevas, T Oshima, J Errington Current Biology 25 (12), 1613-1618, 2015 | 102 | 2015 |
| Large ring polymers align FtsZ polymers for normal septum formation ME Gündoğdu, Y Kawai, N Pavlendova, N Ogasawara, J Errington, ... The EMBO journal 30 (3), 617-626, 2011 | 102 | 2011 |
| The rod to L‐form transition of Bacillus subtilis is limited by a requirement for the protoplast to escape from the cell wall sacculus P Domínguez‐Cuevas, R Mercier, M Leaver, Y Kawai, J Errington Molecular microbiology 83 (1), 52-66, 2012 | 81 | 2012 |
| Distribution of Stable DnaA-Binding Sites on the Bacillus Subtilis Genome Detected using a Modified ChIP-chip Method S Ishikawa, Y Ogura, M Yoshimura, H Okumura, E Cho, Y Kawai, ... DNA research 14 (4), 155-168, 2007 | 79 | 2007 |
| The actin-like MreB cytoskeleton organizes viral DNA replication in bacteria D Muñoz-Espín, R Daniel, Y Kawai, R Carballido-López, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (32), 13347-13352, 2009 | 71 | 2009 |
| Crucial role for central carbon metabolism in the bacterial L-form switch and killing by β-lactam antibiotics Y Kawai, R Mercier, K Mickiewicz, A Serafini, LP Sório de Carvalho, ... Nature microbiology 4 (10), 1716-1726, 2019 | 69 | 2019 |
| Bacterial cell morphogenesis does not require a preexisting template structure Y Kawai, R Mercier, J Errington Current Biology 24 (8), 863-867, 2014 | 65 | 2014 |
| Bacillus subtilis EzrA and FtsL synergistically regulate FtsZ ring dynamics during cell division Y Kawai, N Ogasawara Microbiology 152 (4), 1129-1141, 2006 | 55 | 2006 |
