Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Stumpy forms are the predominant transmissible forms of Trypanosoma brucei

    Jean Marc Tsagmo Ngoune, Parul Sharma ... Brice Rotureau
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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
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A bacterial regulatory uORF senses multiple classes of ribosome-targeting antibiotics

    Gabriele Baniulyte, Joseph T Wade
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    • Important
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The penetration ring is a novel infection structure formed by the penetration peg for invading plant cell membrane in rice blast fungus

    Wenqin Fang, Xiaoyu Zai ... Wenhui Zheng
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Valuable
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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

    Hang Li, Shengwei Ji ... Xuenan Xuan
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Adaptation of CD4 in gorillas and chimpanzees conveyed resistance to simian immunodeficiency viruses

    Cody J Warren, Arturo Barbachano-Guerrero ... Sara L Sawyer
    Resurrection of ancient forms of CD4 reveals how retroviruses have placed selective pressure on this gene in apes, acting to propagate infection-resistant alleles.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Phase transition of WTAP regulates m6A modification of interferon-stimulated genes

    Sihui Cai, Jie Zhou ... Jun Cui
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Observation of persister cell histories reveals diverse modes of survival in antibiotic persistence

    Miki Umetani, Miho Fujisawa ... Yuichi Wakamoto
    Time-lapse analyses of millions of antibiotic-stressed Escherichia coli characterize the diverse single-cell dynamics of persister cells that depend on antibiotics, culture conditions, and pre-exposure history.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    SARS-CoV-2 nsp16 is regulated by host E3 ubiquitin ligases, UBR5 and MARCHF7

    Li Tian, Zongzheng Zhao ... Zhaolong Li
    E3 ligases UBR5 and MARCHF7 restrict SARS-CoV-2 replications through targeting nsp16.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Rtf1 HMD domain facilitates global histone H2B monoubiquitination and regulates morphogenesis and virulence in the meningitis-causing pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

    Yixuan Jiang, Ying Liang ... Youbao Zhao
    Rtf1 HMD is related to H2B ubiquitination and its downstream H3K4 methylation in both C. neoformans and C. deneoformans, thereby affecting its yeast-to-hypha transition and virulence.

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