Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    Quantification of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium population dynamics in murine infection using a highly diverse barcoded library

    Julia A Hotinger, Ian W Campbell ... Matthew K Waldor
    Microbial lineage tracing during murine systemic infection with Salmonella uncovered the bottlenecks that restrict colonization and the hidden routes of interorgan dissemination that drive heterogeneity in infection outcomes.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A within-host infection model to explore tolerance and resistance

    David Duneau, Pierre DM Lafont ... Jean-Baptiste Ferdy
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    Interleukin-1 prevents SARS-CoV-2-induced membrane fusion to restrict viral transmission via induction of actin bundles

    Xu Zheng, Shi Yu ... Guangxun Meng
    Interleukin-1 activates RhoA/ROCK signaling, which drives the enrichment of actin bundles at the cell-cell junctions, preventing SARS-CoV-2 spreading via syncytia formation.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Immunogenicity and safety of a live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate based on multiple attenuation mechanisms

    Mie Suzuki Okutani, Shinya Okamura ... Hirotaka Ebina
    The novel live-attenuated SARS-CoV-2 nasal vaccine candidate is highly safe, induces robust cellular and mucosal immunity, and generates long-lasting neutralizing antibody titers.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    FtsK is Critical for the Assembly of the Unique Divisome Complex of the FtsZ-less Chlamydia trachomatis

    McKenna Harpring, Junghoon Lee ... John V Cox
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    HIV-1 Vif disrupts phosphatase feedback regulation at the kinetochore, leading to a pronounced pseudo-metaphase arrest

    Dhaval Ghone, Edward L Evans ... Aussie Suzuki
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    • Valuable
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Frequent intertrophic transmission of Wolbachia by parasitism but not predation

    Zhi-Chao Yan, Lan-Da Qi ... Yuan-Xi Li
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    • Valuable
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    Enteric glia regulate Paneth cell secretion and intestinal microbial ecology

    Aleksandra Prochera, Anoohya N Muppirala ... Meenakshi Rao
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