Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Physics of Living Systems

    Cooperative antibiotic response in coupled biofilm and planktonic E. faecalis communities

    Gabriela Fernandes Martins, Keanu Alexander Guardiola-Flores ... Kevin Wood
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Useful
    • Incomplete
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The targeted cytosolic degradation of class I histone deacetylases is essential for efficient alphaherpesvirus replication

    Sheng-Li Ming, Meng-Hua Du ... Bei-Bei Chu
    Alphaherpesviruses hijack host epigenetic regulation by promoting HDAC1/2 nuclear export and degradation to activate the DNA damage response, revealing new antiviral therapeutic targets.
    1. Epidemiology and Global Health
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Inferring variant-specific effective reproduction numbers from combined case and sequencing data

    Marlin D Figgins, Trevor Bedford
    Integrating case counts with genomic sequences quantifies real-time transmission advantages of viral variants.
    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Cell cycle dependent variation in endocytosis drives phenotypic diversity in M. tuberculosis

    Neeraja Subhash, Sandhya Krishnan Radhakrishnan ... Varadharajan Sundaramurthy
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    1. Cell Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Canonical and phosphoribosyl ubiquitination coordinate to stabilize a proteinaceous structure surrounding the Legionella-containing vacuole

    Adriana Steinbach, Chetan Mokkapati ... Shaeri Mukherjee
    Two families of ubiquitin ligases secreted by the intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila utilize distinct chemistries to form a stable, ubiquitin-rich structure around the vacuole, which is subsequently disassembled as infection progresses.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    2. Ecology

    Central carbon metabolism switching in lytic versus temperate coral reef viral communities

    Jacob Kelman, Meena Khan ... Ben Knowles
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A protease-sensing circuit links neutrophil inflammation to virulence regulation in Streptococcus pyogenes

    Stephanie Guerra, Ananya Dash ... Christopher N LaRock
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    • Solid
    • Incomplete
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    An abundant merozoite surface protein of Plasmodium falciparum modulates susceptibility to inhibitory antibodies

    Isabelle G Henshall, Jill Chmielewski ... Danny W Wilson
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
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    1. Developmental Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    In vitro sexual dimorphism establishment in schistosomes

    Rémi Pichon, Magda E Lotkowska ... Gabriel Rinaldi
    Revised
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    Updated
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Correlates of protection against African swine fever virus identified by a systems immunology approach

    Kirill Lotonin, Francisco Brito ... Artur Summerfield
    Dissecting protective versus detrimental immune responses uncovers biomarkers and mechanisms that can inform the rational design and evaluation of live attenuated vaccines against African swine fever virus.
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
    3. Medicine

    Focus Issue: Trained Immunity

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Gut Microbiome: Bacteria weigh up costs and benefits of mobile weapons

    Zhao Wang, Yang Fu
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Tuberculosis: A surprising new hiding place for a dangerous pathogen

    Sheetal Gandotra, Yogendra Singh

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