Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    Hosts Manipulate Lifestyle Switch and Pathogenicity Heterogeneity of Opportunistic Pathogens in the Single-cell Resolution

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    Targeting plasmid-encoded proteins that contain immunoglobulin-like domains to combat antimicrobial resistance

    Alejandro Prieto, Lluïsa Miró ... Antonio Juárez
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    A chemically-induced attenuated strain of Candida albicans generates robust protective immune responses and prevents systemic candidiasis development

    Swagata Bose, Satya Ranjan Sahu ... Narottam Acharya
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    Nanobody repertoire generated against the spike protein of ancestral SARS-CoV-2 remains efficacious against the rapidly evolving virus

    Natalia E Ketaren, Fred D Mast ... John D Aitchison
    High-affinity nanobodies targeting the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein demonstrate sustained effectiveness against current and emerging variants, offering a promising avenue for treatment.
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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

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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

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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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  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 Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States
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