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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A conserved cell-pole determinant organizes proper polar flagellum formation

    Erick E Arroyo-Pérez, John C Hook ... Simon Ringgaard
    FipA is a novel component required for bacteria that rely on FlhF/FlhG to properly localize their flagella to the cell pole.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    β-1,6-Glucan plays a central role in the structure and remodeling of the bilaminate fungal cell wall

    Clara Bekirian, Isabel Valsecchi ... Thierry Fontaine
    β-1,6-Glucan is crucial for Candida albicans cell wall structure and integrity, adapting dynamically to environmental stresses and compensating for mannan deficiencies in cell wall organization.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    PfMORC protein regulates chromatin accessibility and transcriptional repression in the human malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum

    Zeinab M Chahine, Mohit Gupta ... Karine G Le Roch
    The PfMORC protein is proven to play a crucial role in chromatin structure, gene regulation and heterochromatin stability, categorizing PfMORC as a strong potential candidate for novel therapeutic interventions.
    1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Ribosomal RNA methylation by GidB modulates discrimination of mischarged tRNA

    Zhuo Bi, Yu-Xiang Chen ... Babak Javid
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Human immunodeficiency virus-1 induces host genomic R-loops and preferentially integrates its genome near the R-loop regions

    Kiwon Park, Dohoon Lee ... Kwangseog Ahn
    Investigation of the role of triple-stranded nucleic acid, R-loops, in HIV-1 genome integration.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Telomerase RNA component knockout exacerbates Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia by extensive inflammation and dysfunction of T cells

    Yasmina Reisser, Franziska Hornung ... Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer
    Knockout of Terc impedes effective immune defense against bacterial lung infections in mice, exacerbating disease course and revealing the critical function of Terc in pulmonary immunity.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A system for functional studies of the major virulence factor of malaria parasites

    Jakob Cronshagen, Johannes Allweier ... Tobias Spielmann
    Not revised
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    • Compelling
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Dimer-monomer transition defines a hyper-thermostable peptidoglycan hydrolase mined from bacterial proteome by lysin-derived antimicrobial peptide-primed screening

    Li Zhang, Fen Hu ... Hang Yang
    A new peptidoglycan hydrolase mined from Acinetobacter baumannii proteome by lysin-derived antimicrobial peptide-primed screening strategy undergoes a unique switch between dimer and monomer after heat treatment and protects mice from A. baumannii infection.
    1. Ecology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Variation in thermal physiology can drive the temperature-dependence of microbial community richness

    Tom Clegg, Samraat Pawar
    A novel theory demonstrates how variation in the thermal responses of microbial populations can alter coexistance and thus explain patterns of richness across thermal gradients.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Zika virus remodels and hijacks IGF2BP2 ribonucleoprotein complex to promote viral replication organelle biogenesis

    Clément Mazeaud, Stefan Pfister ... Laurent Chatel-Chaix
    Through interactions with viral RNA and NS5, Zika virus changes the composition of the IGF2BP2-containing ribonucleoprotein complex for the benefit of the viral RNA amplification step of its life cycle.