Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    Distinct adaptation and epidemiological success of different genotypes within Salmonella enterica serovar Dublin

    Cheryll M Sia, Rebecca L Ambrose ... Danielle J Ingle
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Global transcription factors analyses reveal hierarchy and synergism of regulatory networks and master virulence regulators in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Jiadai Huang, Yue Sun ... Xin Deng
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    • Valuable
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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
    The thickness of the periplasmic region is reduced in strains of pneumococcus that are deleted in genes responsible for the incorporation of teichoic acid in the cell envelope.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Purging viral latency by a bifunctional HSV-vectored therapeutic vaccine in chronically SIV-infected macaques

    Ziyu Wen, Pingchao Li ... Caijun Sun
    HSV-ΔICP34.5 reactivates latent HIV by modulating PP1-HSF1 and NF-κB pathways, offering a potential HSV-vectored therapeutic vaccine for a functional cure.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Secreted small RNAs of Naegleria fowleri are biomarkers for diagnosis of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis

    A Cassiopeia Russell, Joseph Dainis ... Dennis E Kyle
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    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Solid
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Chalkophore mediated respiratory oxidase flexibility controls M. tuberculosis virulence

    John A Buglino, Yaprak Ozakman ... Michael S Glickman
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    • Important
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    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Household clustering and seasonal genetic variation of Plasmodium falciparum at the community-level in The Gambia

    Marc-Antoine Guery, Sukai Ceesay ... Antoine Claessens
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Salmonella exploits host- and bacterial-derived β-alanine for replication inside host macrophages

    Shuai Ma, Bin Yang ... Lingyan Jiang
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    • Valuable
    • Convincing
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Structure-Guided Loop Grafting Improves Expression and Stability of Influenza Neuraminidase for Vaccine Development

    Pramila Rijal, Leiyan Wei ... Alain RM Townsend
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    • Fundamental
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    A modular platform to display multiple hemagglutinin subtypes on a single immunogen

    Dana Thornlow Lamson, Faez Amokrane Nait Mohamed ... Aaron G Schmidt
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    • Valuable
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