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    Bacteria are a major determinant of Orsay virus transmission and infection in Caenorhabditis elegans

    Brian G Vassallo, Noemie Scheidel ... Dennis H Kim
    Distinct members of the Caenorhabditis elegans microbiota can have widely divergent effects on Orsay virus transmission, such that associated bacteria can effectively determine host susceptibility versus resistance to viral infection.
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    Chemoproteomics validates selective targeting of Plasmodium M1 alanyl aminopeptidase as an antimalarial strategy

    Carlo Giannangelo, Matthew P Challis ... Darren J Creek
    M1 alanyl aminopeptidase is chemically validated as an attractive antimalarial target by confirming the on-target activity of a novel selective inhibitor using chemoproteomics and metabolomics-based drug target deconvolution approaches.
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    Modulation of biophysical properties of nucleocapsid protein in the mutant spectrum of SARS-CoV-2

    Ai Nguyen, Huaying Zhao ... Peter Schuck
    Exploration of the phenotype space corresponding to the sequence space of viable SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein species reveals significant diversity of biophysical characteristics, nonlocal mutation effects, and functional constraints.
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    Viral Variants: How mutations affect function

    Thomas Kuhlman
    A new study reveals how naturally occurring mutations affect the biophysical properties of nucleocapsid proteins in SARS-CoV-2.
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    RNA polymerase III is involved in regulating Plasmodium falciparum virulence

    Gretchen Diffendall, Aurelie Claes ... Artur Scherf
    RNA polymerase III plays a crucial role in controlling virulence in response to environmental changes and provides a new molecular perspective into the development of asymptomatic malaria.
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    Rapid bacterial evaluation beyond the colony forming unit in osteomyelitis

    Qi Sun, Kimberley Huynh ... Dongqing Yang
    This time-shortened work flow improves sensitivity and specificity for the identification of bacteria in bone infections independently of bacterial culturability.
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    Multimodal HLA-I genotype regulation by human cytomegalovirus US10 and resulting surface patterning

    Carolin Gerke, Liane Bauersfeld ... Anne Halenius
    Analysis of human cytomegalovirus-encoded glycoprotein US10 targeting human leucocyte antigen class I molecules reveals a multimodal strategy, resulting in a geno- and allotypic-dependent effects.
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
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    Tribbles1 is host protective during in vivo mycobacterial infection

    Ffion R Hammond, Amy Lewis ... Philip M Elks
    The pseudokinase Tribbles1 is expressed in human monocytes after mycobacterial challenge and can be manipulated to be host protective against mycobacterial infection, due to control of innate immune cell function, in a zebrafish tuberculosis model.
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    Widespread Horizontal Gene Transfer Among Animal Viruses

    Christopher B. Buck, Nicole Welch ... Gabriel J. Starrett
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