Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Interleukin-1 prevents SARS-CoV-2-induced membrane fusion to restrict viral transmission via induction of actin bundles

    Xu Zheng, Shi Yu ... Guangxun Meng
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Artesunate, EDTA and colistin work synergistically against MCR-negative and -positive colistin-resistant Salmonella

    Yajun Zhai, Peiyi Liu ... Yajun Zhai
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    ATP burst is the dominant driver of antibiotic lethality in Mycobacterium smegmatis

    Tejan Lodhiya, Aseem Palande ... Raju Mukherjee
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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    • Important
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    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Fish CDK2 recruits Dtx4 to degrade TBK1 through ubiquitination in the antiviral response

    Long-Feng Lu, Can Zhang ... Shun Li
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    Reviewed Preprint v2
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    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Aeromonas hydrophila CobQ is a new type of NAD+- and Zn2+-independent protein lysine deacetylase

    Yuqian Wang, Guibin Wang ... Xiangmin Lin
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    Reviewed Preprint v3
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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
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
    • Important
    • Compelling
    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
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    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

    Teichoic acids in the periplasm and cell envelope of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Mai Nguyen, Elda Bauda ... Cecile Morlot
    Not revised
    Reviewed Preprint v1
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    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
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  1. Wendy S Garrett
    Wendy S Garrett
    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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