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Algae living inside corals provide sugars for their host by digesting their own cell walls.

Coral symbiotic alga is capable of degrading the own cell wall components by cellulase-related enzymes and releasing sugars as a simple and autonomous environmental response, even when the host-derived signals are not present.

The interaction of ImuB with the β sliding clamp is essential for induced mutagenesis in mycobacteria and could be a novel target for new anti-tuberculosis drugs designed to inhibit the emergence of genetic resistance.

Proteins locked into the immature HIV lattice can exploit its incomplete structure to form the essential protease dimer needed for viral maturation.

While recognizing study design limitations, the lack of association between household close range proximity events and SARS-CoV-2 transmission, suggests that aerosol transmission may play a larger role than droplet transmission in the household.

HIV-1 infection activates the human CARD8 inflammasome via innate immune recognition of HIV-1 viral protease activity.

Bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein (BPI) from the scorpionfish Sebastes schlegelii escapes detection by BPI autoantibodies derived from people with cystic fibrosis and reveals excellent anti-inflammatory potency as well as profound antimicrobial activity towards Pseudomonas aeruginosa, including multiple drug-resistant strains.

Development of an enrichment method to facilitate RNA-sequencing of the Lyme disease pathogen from inside of ticks during a bloodmeal provides new candidates for genes important for disease transmission.