Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    Peptidoglycan recycling is critical for cell division, cell wall integrity, and β-lactam resistance in Caulobacter crescentus

    Pia Richter, Anna Merz ... Martin Thanbichler
    Peptidoglycan recycling is essential for proper cell growth and intrinsic ampicillin resistance in Caulobacter crescentus, highlighting PG recycling enzymes as potential antibacterial targets.
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    LFA-1 Interaction with GBP-130 on Plasmodium falciparum-infected Red Blood Cells mediates NK Cell Activation and Parasite Control

    Osama Mukhtar, Ravi Dutt ... Pawan Malhotra
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
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    Nora virus proliferates in dividing intestinal stem cells and thereby sensitizes Drosophila flies to Pseudomonas aeruginosa intestinal infection and to oxidative stress

    Adrien Franchet, Samantha Haller ... Dominique Ferrandon
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    • Important
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Physiological febrile heat stress increases cytoadhesion through increased protein trafficking of Plasmodium falciparum surface proteins into the red blood cell

    David Jones, Hugo Belda ... Moritz Treeck
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    A conserved mycobacterial nucleomodulin hijacks the host COMPASS complex to reprogram pro-inflammatory transcription and promote intracellular survival

    Liu Chen, Baojie Duan ... Aizhen Guo
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis deploys nucleomodulins to suppress COMPASS-dependent H3K4 methylation, dampening pro-inflammatory gene expression to enhance intracellular survival and uncovering an epigenetic immune-evasion strategy.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Correlates of protection against African swine fever virus identified by a systems immunology approach

    Kirill Lotonin, Francisco Brito ... Artur Summerfield
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Human CD1c-autoreactive T cells recognise Mycobacterium tuberculosis–infected antigen-presenting cells and display cytotoxic effector programmes

    Matthew Milton, Sahar H Farag ... Salah Mansour
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    Research advance: Unexpected plasticity in the life cycle of Trypanosoma brucei

    Carina Praisler, Jaime N Lisack ... Markus Engstler
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    • Fundamental
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Quantitative RNA pseudouridine landscape reveals dynamic modification patterns and evolutionary conservation across bacterial species

    Letong Xu, Shenghai Shen ... Xin Deng
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    • Valuable
    • Solid
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The spike tip protein of bacteriophage T4

    Yves Mattenberger, Ekaterina S Knyazhanskaya ... Dominique Belin
    Not revised
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Highlights

    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Trade-offs in the gut microbiome

    Zhao Wang, Yang Fu
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
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    Focus Issue: Trained Immunity

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    Tuberculosis: A surprising new hiding place for a dangerous pathogen

    Sheetal Gandotra, Yogendra Singh

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