Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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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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    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
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease
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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
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    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.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Mycobacterium tuberculosis PhoP integrates stress response to intracellular survival by regulating cAMP level

    Hina Khan, Partha Paul ... Dibyendu Sarkar
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    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
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    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.
    1. Genetics and Genomics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    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
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Deep-sea bacteriophages facilitate host utilization of polysaccharides

    Chong Wang, Rikuan Zheng ... Chaomin Sun
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Birnaviral Hijacking of Endosomal Membranes

    Flavia A. Zanetti, Ignacio Fernández ... Laura R. Delgui
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Senior editors

  1. Diane M Harper
    University of Michigan, United States
  2. Päivi Ojala
    University of Helsinki, Finland
  3. John W Schoggins
    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
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