Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Fish CDK2 recruits Dtx4 to degrade TBK1 through ubiquitination in the antiviral response

    Long-Feng Lu, Can Zhang ... Shun Li
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
    Updated
    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Ecology

    Dark matter of an orchid: metagenome of the microbiome associated with the rhizosphere of Dactylorhiza traunsteineri

    Gabriel A Vignolle, Leopold Zehetner ... Julien Charest
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Glycosylated IgG antibodies contribute to the recovery of haemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome patients

    Chuansong Quan, Lu Wang ... Haifeng Hou
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Membrane affinity difference between MinD monomer and dimer is not crucial for MinD gradient formation in Bacillus subtilis

    Laura C Bohorquez, Henrik Strahl ... Leendert W Hamoen
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Compelling
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Evolutionary Biology

    High-throughput neutralization measurements correlate strongly with evolutionary success of human influenza strains

    Caroline Kikawa, Andrea N Loes ... Jesse D Bloom
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    • Important
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Three pathways feed the folate-dependent one carbon pool for growth and virulence of Listeria monocytogenes

    Sandra Freier, Sarah Frentzel ... Sven Halbedel
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Plant Biology

    P-body formation is required for yeast proliferation in the phyllosphere

    Fuka Sekioka, Kosuke Shiraishi ... Hiroya Yurimoto
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
    • Incomplete
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Heterogeneity of Genetic Sequence within Quasi-species of Influenza Virus Revealed by Single-Molecule Sequencing

    Kenji Tamao, Hiroyuki Noji, Kazuhito V Tabata
    Revised
    Reviewed Preprint v2
    Updated
    • Important
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    RBMX2 links Mycobacterium bovis infection to epithelial–mesenchymal transition and lung cancer progression

    Chao Wang, Yongchong Peng ... Yingyu Chen
    Integrative analyses uncover RBMX2 as a pivotal mediator that bridges Mycobacterium bovis infection to epithelial–mesenchymal transition and tumor progression in the lung.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Redirection of SARS-CoV-2 to phagocytes by intranasal sACE2-Fc as a universal decoy confers complete prophylactic protection

    Jingyi Wang, Jiangchuan Li ... Bo Feng
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Valuable
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    How pathogens avoid detection

    Yizhou Huang, Teresa LM Thurston
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    Edited by Olivier Silvie et al.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Medicine
    3. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    Edited by Diane M Harper et al.

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