Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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    ESAT-6 undergoes self-association at phagosomal pH and an ESAT-6 specific nanobody restricts M. tuberculosis growth in macrophages

    Timothy A Bates, Mila Trank-Greene ... Fikadu G Tafesse
    1. Immunology and Inflammation
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Exposure to live saprophytic Leptospira before challenge with a pathogenic serovar prevents severe leptospirosis and promotes kidney homeostasis

    Suman Kundu, Advait Shetty, Maria Gomes-Solecki
    1. Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Modulation of Biophysical Properties of Nucleocapsid Protein in the Mutant Spectrum of SARS-CoV-2

    Ai Nguyen, Huaying Zhao ... Peter Schuck
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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

    Alejandro Prieto, Lluïsa Miró ... Antonio Juárez
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    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
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

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

    Ziguang Wang, Shuai Li ... Wei Liu
    1. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    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.
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    Decoding the complexity of delayed wound healing following Enterococcus faecalis infection

    Cenk Celik, Stella Yue Ting Lee ... Guillaume Thibault
    1. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    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. Biochemistry and Chemical Biology
    2. Microbiology and Infectious Disease

    The nanoscale organization of the Nipah virus fusion protein informs new membrane fusion mechanisms

    Qian Wang, Jinxin Liu ... Qian Liu
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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
  3. Bavesh Kana
    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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