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A reservoir of 'historical' antibiotic resistance genes in remote pristine Antarctic soils [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Soil bacteria naturally produce antibiotics as a competitive mechanism, with a concomitant evolution, and exchange by horizontal gene transfer, of a range of antibiotic resistance mechanisms.
Bezuidt, Oliver KI, Cowan, Don A, Makhalanyane, Thulani P, Pierneef, Rian, Van de Peer, Yves, Van Goethem, Marc W   +5 more
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
wiley   +1 more source

Genome-scale phylogenetic analysis finds extensive gene transfer among Fungi [PDF]

, 2015
Although the role of lateral gene transfer is well recognized in the evolution of bacteria, it is generally assumed that it has had less influence among eukaryotes.
Boussau, Bastien, Daubin, Vincent, Davín, Adrián Arellano, Szöllősi, Gergely J., Tannier, Eric   +4 more
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Photosynthesis under far‐red light—evolutionary adaptations and bioengineering of light‐harvesting complexes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Phototrophs evolved light‐harvesting systems adapted for efficient photon capture in habitats enriched in far‐red radiation. A subset of eukaryotic pigment‐binding proteins can absorb far‐red photons via low‐energy chlorophyll states known as red forms.
Antonello Amelii, Edoardo Andrea Cutolo, Daniele Montepietra, Claudia Battarra, Roberto Caferri, Stefano Capaldi, Zeno Guardini, Luca Dall'Osto, Roberto Bassi   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing Scales of Genetic Recombination and Antibiotic Resistance in Pathogenic Bacteria Using Topological Data Analysis

, 2014
Pathogenic bacteria present a large disease burden on human health. Control of these pathogens is hampered by rampant lateral gene transfer, whereby pathogenic strains may acquire genes conferring resistance to common antibiotics. Here we introduce tools
A. Holzinger, C. Fraser, C.M. Thomas, C.R. Woese, F. Meyer, G. Carlsson, H. Ochman, H. Rohde, H.C. Neu, J.E. Cooper, J.M. Chan, K.A. Jolley, M.O. Sommer, T. Dagan   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation is stimulated by red light irradiation

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Light at different wavelengths has distinct effects on keratinocyte viability and metabolism. UVA light abrogates metabolic fluxes. Blue and green light have no effect on metabolic fluxes, while red light enhanced oxidative phosphorylation by promoting fatty acid oxidation. Keratinocytes are the primary constituents of sunlight‐exposed epidermis.
Manuel Alejandro Herrera, Camille C. Caldeira da Silva, Maiza Von Dentz, Mauricio S. Baptista, Alicia J. Kowaltowski   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Circumventing antivector immunity: potential use of nonhuman adenoviral vectors [PDF]

, 2014
Adenoviruses are efficient gene delivery vectors based on their ability to transduce a wide variety of cell types and drive high-level transient transgene expression. While there have been advances in modifying human adenoviral (HAdV) vectors to increase
Beard C.W., Benkö M., Cauthen A.N., Crawford-Miksza L., Estrella Lopez-Gordo, Gall J., Gall J.G., Gattoni A., Ginsberg H.S., Haviv Y.S., Hofmann C., Iva I. Podgorski, Kajon A.E., Kanerva A., Kass-Eisler A., Kuriyama S., Mastrangeli A., Michou A.I., Nicholas Downes, Ramon Alemany, Rogozhin V.N., Roy S., Seiradake E., Shmarov M.M., Soudais C., Tutykhina I.L., Wang D.Y., Wohlfart C., Ying B., Zakhartchouk A.N., Zeng Q.   +30 more
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Vacuolar transport and function of Saccharomyces cerevisiae sterol ester hydrolase Tgl1

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Tgl1, one of yeast sterol ester hydrolases, had been found on the lipid droplets where sterol esters are mainly stored. This study revealed that Tgl1 is transported into the vacuole depending on the ESCRT‐I–III complex, and that it exhibits intra‐vacuolar sterol ester hydrolase activity.
Takumi Nakatsuji, Kosuke Shiraishi, Chuqian Wang, Hiroya Yurimoto, Yasuyoshi Sakai, Masahide Oku   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic screening assay identifies efficient small guide RNAs for CRISPR activation

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
CRISPR-mediated gene activation (CRISPRa) encompasses a growing field of biotechnological approaches with exciting implications for gene therapy. However, there is a lack of experimental validation tools for selecting efficient sgRNAs for downstream ...
Elin Arvidsson, Diana Duarte Lobo, Diana Duarte Lobo, Ermelinda Sabarese, Fabio Duarte, Rui Jorge Nobre, Rui Jorge Nobre, Rui Jorge Nobre, Luis Quintino, Cecilia Lundberg   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The role of fibroblast growth factors in cell and cancer metabolism

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) signaling regulates crucial signaling cascades that promote cell proliferation, survival, and metabolism. Therefore, FGFs and their receptors are often dysregulated in human diseases, including cancer, to sustain proliferation and rewire metabolism.
Jessica Price, Chiara Francavilla
wiley   +1 more source