Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    Peptidoglycan-Chi3l1 interaction shapes gut microbiota in intestinal mucus layer

    Yan Chen, Ruizhi Yang ... Zhao Shan
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    Peptidoglycan-tethered and free forms of the Braun lipoprotein are in dynamic equilibrium in Escherichia coli

    Yucheng Liang, Jean-Emmanuel Hugonnet ... Michel Arthur
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    A lytic transglycosylase connects bacterial focal adhesion complexes to the peptidoglycan cell wall

    Carlos A Ramírez Carbó, Olalekan G Faromiki, Beiyan Nan
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    A General Mechanism for the General Stress Response in Bacteria

    Rishika Baral, Kristin Ho ... Niels Bradshaw
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    Cyclic di-GMP as an Antitoxin Regulates Bacterial Genome Stability and Antibiotic Persistence in Biofilms

    Hebin Liao, Xiaodan Yan ... Yingying Pu
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    Efficacy and mechanism of actions of cipargamin as an antibabesial drug candidate

    Hang Li, Shengwei Ji ... Xuenan Xuan
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    Cyclical MinD membrane affinity differences are not necessary for MinD gradient formation in Bacillus subtilis

    Laura C Bohorquez, Henrik Strahl ... Leendert W Hamoen
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    Mechanistic Insights into MinD Regulation and Pattern Formation in Bacillus subtilis

    Helge Feddersen, Marc Bramkamp
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    Should I stay or should I go? Spatio-temporal dynamics of bacterial biofilms in confined flows

    Massinissa Benbelkacem, Gabriel Ramos ... Yohan Davit
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    Chemokine expression profile of an innate granuloma

    Megan E Amason, Cole J Beatty ... Edward A Miao
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  1. Wendy S Garrett
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    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
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    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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    University of Helsinki, Finland
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