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The helical cell shape of Helicobacter pylori depends on the polymerizing cytoskeletal protein CcmA’s recruitment to the cell envelope by Csd5 and CcmA’s indirect stabilization of a periplasmic cell wall hydrolase via interactions with the transmembrane protein Csd7.

Host cell acid ceramidase activity contributes to the regulation of erythrocyte maturation and thereby affects the frequency of target cells for rodent Plasmodium yoelii parasites.

As a Russian doll, mimivirus dsDNA genome is folded in a nucleocapsid-like structure enclosed in the nucleoid compartment, encased in the icosahedral capsid itself decorated by long glycosylated fibrils surprisingly made of the same protein as the genomic fiber.

Animal experiments show that the mosaic-type immunogen integrating key mutations from Omicron and other circulating variants elicits broad neutralization against divergent SARS-CoV-2 strains.

Organoids developed from matched human placental tissue define differences in antiviral signaling between cell types comprising the maternal-fetal interface.

Plasmodium falciparum aminopeptidase PfA-M17 is essential to parasite survival and plays a role in hemoglobin digestion, providing a rationale for further development of inhibitors against this enzyme.

Flight restrictions targeted at countries where SARS-CoV-2 variant-of-concern first emerged have limited effectiveness in deterring their introduction into the Netherlands due to the strength of regional travel importation risks in Europe.

A new and throughly validated method for timely estimation of the effective reproductive number of SARS-CoV-2 aided in the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Homologous recombination rates tend to be highest in the most conserved parts of bacterial genomes.

Vaccination has the potential to decrease swine influenza diversification by restricting influenza virus co-infections and reassortment events in pigs.