Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Wag31, a membrane tether, is crucial for lipid homeostasis in mycobacteria

    Yogita Kapoor, Himani Khurana ... Vinay Kumar Nandicoori
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Altering the redox status of Chlamydia trachomatis directly impacts its developmental cycle progression

    Vandana Singh, Scot P Ouellette
    Differentiation of the pathogenic bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, from its non-infectious to infectious form is linked to the redox state of the organism.
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    MftG is crucial for ethanol metabolism of mycobacteria by linking mycofactocin oxidation to respiration

    Ana Patrícia Graça, Vadim Nikitushkin ... Gerald Lackner
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    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Teichoic acids in the periplasm and cell envelope of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Mai Nguyen, Elda Bauda ... Cecile Morlot
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor influences periarticular joint inflammation in B. burgdorferi-infected mice

    Qian Yu, Xiaotian Tang ... Erol Fikrig
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Target-agnostic identification of human antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum sexual forms reveals cross-stage recognition of glutamate-rich repeats

    Axelle Amen, Randy Yoo ... Matthijs M Jore
    A naturally acquired human monoclonal antibody recognizes proteins expressed at different stages of the Plasmodium falciparum life cycle through affinity-matured homotypic interactions with glutamate-rich repeats.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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    Persistent cross-species transmission systems dominate Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 epidemiology in a high incidence region: a genomic epidemiology study

    Gillian AM Tarr, Linda Chui ... Tim A McAllister
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Capsular polysaccharide restrains type VI secretion in Acinetobacter baumannii

    Nicolas Flaugnatti, Loriane Bader ... Melanie Blokesch
    Capsular polysaccharides of Acinetobacter baumannii regulate type VI secretion system activity, balancing self-protection with interbacterial competitiveness.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Virus adaptation to heparan sulfate comes with capsid stability tradeoff

    Han Kang Tee, Simon Crouzet ... Caroline Tapparel
    Enterovirus A71 adaptation to bind heparan sulfate as receptor comes with compensation that destabilizes its virus capsid.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Reactive Oxygen Detoxification Contributes to Mycobacterium abscessus Antibiotic Survival

    Nicholas A Bates, Ronald Rodriguez ... Bennett H Penn
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
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    University of Michigan, United States
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    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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