Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    Decoding the complexity of delayed wound healing following Enterococcus faecalis infection

    Cenk Celik, Stella Yue Ting Lee ... Guillaume Thibault
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    A Plasmodium falciparum MORC protein complex modulates epigenetic control of gene expression through interaction with heterochromatin

    Maneesh Kumar Singh, Victoria A. Bonnell ... Célia R. S. Garcia
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    The nanoscale organization of the Nipah virus fusion protein informs new membrane fusion mechanisms

    Qian Wang, Jinxin Liu ... Qian Liu
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    An antimicrobial drug recommender system using MALDI-TOF MS and dual-branch neural networks

    Gaetan De Waele, Gerben Menschaert, Willem Waegeman
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    Staphylococcus aureus FtsZ and PBP4 bind to the conformationally dynamic N-terminal domain of GpsB

    Michael D Sacco, Lauren R Hammond ... Yu Chen
    The N-terminal domain of Staphylococcus aureus GpsB, a scaffolding protein, forms an atypical asymmetric dimer and binds to the C-termini of FtsZ and PBP4, influencing the localization and regulation of both the Z-ring and cell wall synthesis.
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    Mycobacterium tuberculosis PhoP integrates stress response to intracellular survival by regulating cAMP level

    Hina Khan, Partha Paul ... Dibyendu Sarkar
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    Differences in HIV-1 reservoir size, landscape characteristics and decay dynamics in acute and chronic treated HIV-1 Clade C infection

    Kavidha Reddy, Guinevere Q. Lee ... Thumbi Ndung’u
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    Quorum-sensing agr system of Staphylococcus aureus primes gene expression for protection from lethal oxidative stress

    Magdalena Podkowik, Andrew I Perault ... Bo Shopsin
    A new framework for examining tolerance in the context of quorum-sensing that may ultimately help predict and manage bacterial tolerance and, therefore, improve clinical outcome during infection.
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    Transposon mutagenesis screen in Klebsiella pneumoniae identifies genetic determinants required for growth in human urine and serum

    Jessica Gray, Von Vergel L Torres ... Ian R Henderson
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    Deep-sea bacteriophages facilitate host utilization of polysaccharides

    Chong Wang, Rikuan Zheng ... Chaomin Sun
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  1. Wendy S Garrett
    Wendy S Garrett
    Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States
  2. Diane M Harper
    University of Michigan, United States
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    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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