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    Uncovering the Hidden Credentials of Brucella Virulence

    Bacteria in the genus Brucella are important human and veterinary pathogens. The abortion and infertility they cause in food animals produce economic hardships in areas where the disease has not been controlled, and human brucellosis is one of the world’s most common zoonoses. Brucella strains have also been isolated from wildlife, but we know much less about the pathobiology and epidemiology of these infections than...

    R. Martin Roop, II, Ian S. Barton, Dariel Hopersberger, Daniel W. Martin
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    More than a Pore: Nonlytic Antimicrobial Functions of Complement and Bacterial Strategies for Evasion

    The complement system is an evolutionarily ancient defense mechanism against foreign substances. Consisting of three proteolytic activation pathways, complement converges on a common effector cascade terminating in the formation of a lytic pore on the target surface.

    Elisabet Bjanes, Victor Nizet
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    Response Mechanisms of Invertebrates to Bacillus thuringiensis and Its Pesticidal Proteins

    Extensive use of chemical insecticides adversely affects both environment and human health. One of the most popular biological pest control alternatives are bioinsecticides based on Bacillus thuringiensis.

    Daniel Pinos, Ascensión Andrés-Garrido, Juan Ferré, Patricia Hernández-Martínez
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    Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a Model To Study Chemosensory Pathway Signaling

    Bacteria have evolved a variety of signal transduction mechanisms that generate different outputs in response to external stimuli. Chemosensory pathways are widespread in bacteria and are among the most complex signaling mechanisms, requiring the participation of at least six proteins.

    Miguel A. Matilla, David Martín-Mora, Jose A. Gavira, Tino Krell
    13 Jan 2021
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    Extracellular Metabolism Sets the Table for Microbial Cross-Feeding

    The transfer of nutrients between cells, or cross-feeding, is a ubiquitous feature of microbial communities with emergent properties that influence our health and orchestrate global biogeochemical cycles. Cross-feeding inevitably involves the externalization of molecules.

    Ryan K. Fritts, Alexandra L. McCully, James B. McKinlay
    13 Jan 2021
  • P2RX7 at the Host-Pathogen Interface of Infectious Diseases
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    P2RX7 at the Host-Pathogen Interface of Infectious Diseases

    The P2X7 receptor (P2RX7) is an important molecule that functions as a danger sensor, detecting extracellular nucleotides from injured cells and thus signaling an inflammatory program to nearby cells. It is expressed in immune cells and plays important roles in pathogen surveillance and cell-mediated responses to infectious organisms.

    Alexandra Y. Soare, Tracey L. Freeman, Alice K. Min, Hagerah S. Malik, Elizabeth O. Osota, Talia H. Swartz
    13 Jan 2021
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    Alternative DNA Structures In Vivo: Molecular Evidence and Remaining Questions

    Duplex DNA naturally folds into a right-handed double helix in physiological conditions. Some sequences of unusual base composition may nevertheless form alternative structures, as was shown for many repeated sequences in vitro. However, evidence for the formation of noncanonical structures in living cells is difficult to gather.

    Lucie Poggi, Guy-Franck Richard
    23 Dec 2020
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    Salmonella versus the Microbiome

    A balanced gut microbiota contributes to health, but the mechanisms maintaining homeostasis remain elusive. Microbiota assembly during infancy is governed by competition between species and by environmental factors, termed habitat filters, that determine the range of successful traits within the microbial community.

    Andrew W. L. Rogers, Renée M. Tsolis, Andreas J. Bäumler
    23 Dec 2020
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    Subdominance in Antibody Responses: Implications for Vaccine Development

    Vaccines work primarily by eliciting antibodies, even when recovery from natural infection depends on cellular immunity. Large efforts have therefore been made to identify microbial antigens that elicit protective antibodies, but these endeavors have encountered major difficulties, as witnessed by the lack of vaccines against many pathogens. This review summarizes accumulating evidence that subdominant protein regions, i.e., surface-...

    Gunnar Lindahl
    25 Nov 2020
  • Emerging Roles of Functional Bacterial Amyloids in Gene Regulation, Toxicity, and Immunomodulation
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    Emerging Roles of Functional Bacterial Amyloids in Gene Regulation, Toxicity, and Immunomodulation

    Bacteria often reside in multicellular communities, called biofilms, held together by an extracellular matrix. In many bacteria, the major proteinaceous component of the biofilm are amyloid fibers. Amyloids are highly stable and structured protein aggregates which were known mostly to be associated with neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s diseases. In recent years, microbial amyloids were...

    Nir Salinas, Tatyana L. Povolotsky, Meytal Landau, Ilana Kolodkin-Gal
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