Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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1. 1. Immunology and Inflammation
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) regulates interferon-lambda receptor 1 (IFN-λR1) and IFN-λ signaling in influenza A virus (IAV) infection

   Alina Xiaoyu Yang, Lisa Ramos-Rodriguez ... Yang Zhou

   PLSCR1 is an IFN-λ-stimulated gene that enhances IFN-λR1 expression at both transcriptional and protein level, highlighting the potential for targeting PLSCR1 pathways in anti-influenza therapy.
2. 1. Cell Biology
   2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Enteropathogenic E. coli-mediated Fast and Coordinated Ca^²⁺ responses regulate NF-κB activation

   Fangrui Guo, Roberto Ornelas Guevara ... Guy Tran Van Nhieu
3. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Functional genomics reveals strain-specific genetic requirements conferring hypoxic growth in Mycobacterium intracellulare

   Yoshitaka Tateishi, Yuriko Ozeki ... Sohkichi Matsumoto

   Transposon sequencing analyses reveal that among genomically diverse clinical Mycobacterium intracellulare strains and the type strain, 131 genes were comprehensively identified as universal essential genes suggesting promising drug targets.
4. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics

   Structural basis for collagen recognition by the Streptococcus pyogenes M3 protein and its involvement in biofilm

   Marta Wojnowska, Takeaki Wajima ... Ulrich Schwarz-Linek

   The T-shaped fold of an abundant surface protein ties streptococci to collagens, an interaction that enhances biofilm such as often found in invasive infections.
5. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Applying 3D correlative structured illumination microscopy and X-ray tomography to characterise herpes simplex virus-1 morphogenesis

   Kamal L Nahas, Viv Connor ... Colin M Crump

   Deletion of specific herpes simplex virus proteins prevents the progression of virus assembly at discrete stages, allowing detailed 3D imaging of rare events in the morphogenesis of virus particles.
6. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
   2. Neuroscience

   The olfactory receptor SNIF-1 mediates foraging for leucine-rich diets in C. elegans

   Ritika Siddiqui, Nikita Mehta ... Varsha Singh
7. 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
8. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   An in vitro human vessel model to study Neisseria meningitidis colonization and vascular damages

   Léa Pinon, Melanie Chabaud ... Guilllaume Dumenil

   A vessel on a chip microfluidic device recapitulates the main features of meningococcal vascular colonization, providing high time and space microscopy resolution of the infection process in 3D.
9. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

   Niche exclusion of a lung pathogen in mice with designed probiotic communities

   Kelsey E Hern, Ashlee M Phillips ... Adam P Arkin
10. 1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The structural context of mutations in proteins predicts their effect on antibiotic resistance

    Anna G Green, Mahbuba Tasmin ... Maha R Farhat