Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Cell surface localisation of GPI-anchored receptors in Trypanosoma brucei

    Sourav Banerjee, Nicola Minshall ... Mark Carrington
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

    Mapping HIV-1 RNA structure, homodimers, long-range interactions and persistent domains by HiCapR

    Yan Zhang, Jingwan Han ... Zhihu Zhao
    HiCapR uncovers HIV RNA homodimers and long-range interactions that show structural dynamics critical for viral packaging and assembly.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Heterogeneous efflux pump expression underpins phenotypic resistance to antimicrobial peptides

    Ka Kiu Lee, Urszula Łapińska ... Stefano Pagliara
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Spatial integration of sensory input and motor output in Pseudomonas aeruginosa chemotaxis through colocalized distribution

    Zhengyu Wu, Maojin Tian ... Junhua Yuan
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Heat Stress Induces Phage Tolerance in Bacteria

    Fan Zhang, Hao-Ze Chen ... Jia-Feng Liu
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    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Salmonella exploits host- and bacterial-derived β-alanine for replication inside host macrophages

    Shuai Ma, Bin Yang ... Lingyan Jiang
    Salmonella orchestrates synergistic exploitation of host- and bacterial-derived β-alanine enhancing ZnuABC-mediated zinc assimilation to drive intracellular replication and systemic infection.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Efficacy and mechanism of action of cipargamin as an antibabesial drug candidate

    Hang Li, Shengwei Ji ... Xuenan Xuan
    The potential of repurposing cipargamin for treating Babesia species offers both theoretical advancements and practical applications in combating parasitic infections.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Deletion of the moeA gene in Flavobacterium IR1 drives structural color shift from green to blue and alters polysaccharide metabolism

    Álvaro Escobar Doncel, Constantinos Patinios ... Colin J Ingham
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A SHERLOCK toolbox for the eco-epidemiological surveillance of animal African trypanosomosis reveals a similar parasite diversity in domestic pigs in two ancient sleeping sickness foci in Western Africa

    Roger-Junior Eloiflin, Elena Pérez-Antón ... Brice Rotureau
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Stumpy forms are the predominant transmissible forms of Trypanosoma brucei

    Jean Marc Tsagmo Ngoune, Parul Sharma ... Brice Rotureau
    According to experimental and field observations, stumpy forms appear to be the most adapted forms for African trypanosome transmission from the mammalian host to the tsetse fly in natural conditions.
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    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Receptors versus viruses

    Ping-Ping Liu, Zhe Wei, Xian-Wei Wang
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    Godefroid Charbon, Anders Løbner-Olesen
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