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Mycobacterial cell division arrest and smooth‐to‐rough envelope transition using CRISPRi‐mediated genetic repression systems

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing and phenotypic exploration in nontuberculous mycobacteria. In this Research Protocol, we describe approaches to control, monitor, and quantitatively assess CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing in M. smegmatis and M. abscessus model organisms.
Vanessa Point, Wafaa Achache, Janïs Laudouze, Eliana Sepulveda Ramos, Mickaël Maziero, Céline Crauste, Stéphane Canaan, Pierre Santucci   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Burkholderia cenocepacia Strain Enhances Fitness by Serial Passages during Long-Term Chronic Airways Infection in Mice [PDF]

, 2017
Burkholderia cenocepacia is an important opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, and has also been isolated from natural environments. In previous work, we explored the virulence and pathogenic potential of environmental B.
Ascenzioni, Fiorentina, Bevivino, Annamaria, Bragonzi, Alessandra, Coladarci, Ivan, Paroni, Moira, Pirone, Luisa   +5 more
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dUTPase is essential in zebrafish development and possesses several single‐nucleotide variants with pronounced structural and functional consequences

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dUTPases are involved in balancing the appropriate nucleotide pools. We showed that dUTPase is essential for normal development in zebrafish. The different zebrafish genomes contain several single‐nucleotide variations (SNPs) of the dut gene. One of the dUTPase variants displayed drastically lower protein stability and catalytic efficiency as compared ...
Viktória Perey‐Simon, Angéla Békesi, Latifa Kazzazy, Jázmin Mihály, Máté Varga, Beáta G. Vértessy, Kinga Nyíri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Design of Giardia and the Genesis of Giardiasis [PDF]

, 2017
Giardia is a genus of protozoa discovered in 1681. Six morphologically distinct species are recognized. It mainly attaches in the upper GI tract of a wide variety of vertebrates (including zebrafish), often with beaver and muskrat as reservoirs/carriers ...
Gillen, Alan L., Sherwin, Frank
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Alcohol‐induced altered glycans in human tracheal epithelial cells promote bacterial adhesion

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Alcohol induces altered glycans to promote bacteria adhesion. Heavy alcohol drinking is known to increase the risk of bacterial pneumonia. However, the link between alcohol levels and risk of infection remains underexplored. Recently, we found that alcohol induced α2‐6sialo mucin O‐glycans in human tracheobronchial epithelial cells, which mediated the ...
Pi‐Wan Cheng, Souvik Datta, Derrick R. Samuelson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lactic Acid Bacteria Biosurfactant Role That Isolated from Human Breast Milk in Inhibit Eyes Pathogenic Bacteria

Ibn Al-Haitham Journal for Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018
     Biosurfactants have a wide-range of applications due to their unique properties like specificity, not toxicity (from LAB) and relative ease of preparation.
Yusra M.B. Muhsin, Huda Z. Majeed, Basam Basim Mohammed, Salih A.A. Mohammed   +3 more
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Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of Endophytic Bacterial Populations From Chinese Traditional Medicinal Plant Licorice and Characterization of the Bioactive Secondary Metabolites Produced by Bacillus atrophaeus Against Verticillium dahliae [PDF]

, 2018
Endophytic bacteria associated with medicinal plants possess unique strategies that enhance growth and suvival of host plants, many of which are mediated by distinctive secondary metabolites.
Guo, Jian-Wei, Hatab, Shaimaa, Hedlund, Brian P., Li, Li, Li, Wen-Jun, Liu, Yong-Hong, Ma, Jin-Biao, Mohamad, Osama A. A., Rasulov, Bakhtiyor A., Xu, Lin   +9 more
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Identification of functional murine mitochondrial formyl peptides and their effects on myeloid‐derived suppressor cell generation

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We first identified functional murine mitochondrial N‐formyl peptides (MT‐FPs) and investigated their effects on the in vitro myeloid‐derived suppressor cell (MDSC) generation from bone marrow cells. We demonstrated that MT‐FPs acted directly on bone marrow cells to promote MDSC generation and modulated the polymorphonuclear (PMN)‐MDSC/monocyte (M ...
Miyako Ozawa, Saori Kagoshima, Akira Yamada   +2 more
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Impact of bidirectional relationships between streptococcus anginosus group and host tissue matrix components on cellular activity: Role in establishment of infection [PDF]

, 2003
This paper investigates pathogenic mechanisms of the Streptococcus anginosus group (SAG) of bacteria which influence the biological activity of periodontal ligament (PDL) cells, endothelial cells and also how matrix proteins produced by these host cells ...
Waddington, Rachel J., Landrygan-Bakri, Janine, Wilson, Melanie, Williams, David W., Lewis, Michael Alexander Oxenham   +4 more
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Combined 5‐aminolevulinic acid and ferric ammonium citrate treatment promotes hair follicle growth by activating dermal papilla cells

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5‐Aminolevulinic acid combined with ferric ammonium citrate (5‐ALA/FAC) stimulates dermal papilla cell activity and promotes hair follicle growth. The treatment enhances ERK and AKT signaling, increases hair‐inductive gene expression, and restores dermal papilla function suppressed by dihydrotestosterone and oxidative stress, resulting in enhanced hair
Han‐Wook Ryu, Eok‐Soo Oh, Sewoon Kim
wiley   +1 more source