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In C. elegans, neuronic TRPA-1 senses bacterial accumulation by detecting indole production to up-regulate lysozyme genes via FOXO/DAF-16 in the intestine, thereby delaying microbial dysbiosis.

Nuclear phosphoinositide signaling controls telomeric gene repression and activation essential for switching expression of surface antigen genes and thus antigenic variation.

CLEVER enables the rapid manipulation and direct rescue of plus-strand RNA viruses with the shortest hands-on time to study viral variants of concern.

Genome-intact HIV-1 proviruses were detected in autopsy samples from the brain of ART-treated persons living with HIV, indicating that the virus can persist in the central nervous system.

Knocking out the FK506-binding protein in Plasmodium falciparum (PfFKBP35) affects ribosome homeostasis and results in a delayed death-like phenotype that is independent of the mode of action of FK506.

Comprehensive characterization of kinase-dependent phosphorylation in the human pathogen Toxoplasma gondii identifies a trafficking adaptor complex required for virulence factor secretion and infection.

Structural analysis of the HipBST toxin–antitoxin system from E. coli shows how a toxin kinase has been split into two proteins and encodes its own inhibitor.

Enterovirus D68, a pathogen associated with a rare child paralysis disease, depends on the cellular protein SIRT-1 for release of virus, indicating that SIRT-1 may be an important therapeutic target.