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Engineering Microbial Particles for Next‐Generation Biomedical Platforms

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Microbe‐derived particles (MDPs), which include extracellular vesicles, outer membrane vesicles, inclusion bodies, polysaccharide particles, and virus‐like particles, represent a rapidly expanding category of bioinspired nanomaterials. With their natural origin, intrinsic biocompatibility, and highly programmable functionality, MDPs serve as a ...
Yuting Li, Yunjie Lu, Ziyan Huang, Jianjiang Chen, Yanbin Liu, Lei Qin, Chao Wang, Yumin Wu   +7 more
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Structure and Function of a Multi‐Megadalton Virus‐Like Proteolytic Dodecahedron

Angewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
Zuzalysin, a virulence metallopeptidase of the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis, is secreted as a latent, flexible ≈95‐kDa monomer. Calcium triggers cysteine‐switch activation and hierarchical assembly into pentamers, bipentamers, tripentamers, and a ≈5.6‐MDa, ≈355‐Å dodecahedron. Structures at 1.8–3.6 Å reveal a virus‐sized catalytic cage
Mariusz Madej, Arturo Rodríguez‐Banqueri, Danuta Mizgalska, Borys Szmigielski, Zuzanna Nowakowska, Małgorzata Benedyk‐Machaczka, Monika Bzowska, Katarzyna Mikruta, Juan Sebastián Ramírez‐Larrota, Chinanu Agunanne, Olivier Julien, Anthony J. O'Donoghue, Carsten Scavenius, Mario López‐Martín, Enrique Marcos, Łukasz Koziej, Sebastian Glatt, Pablo Guerra, Ulrich Eckhard, Jan Potempa, F. Xavier Gomis‐Rüth   +20 more
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Modelling Marek's Disease Virus (MDV) infection: parameter estimates for mortality rate and infectiousness

BMC Veterinary Research, 2011
Background Marek's disease virus (MDV) is an economically important oncogenic herpesvirus of poultry. Since the 1960s, increasingly virulent strains have caused continued poultry industry production losses worldwide.
Atkins Katherine E, Read Andrew F, Savill Nicholas J, Renz Katrin G, Walkden-Brown Stephen W, Woolhouse Mark EJ   +5 more
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A transient homotypic interaction model for the influenza A virus NS1 protein effector domain [PDF]

, 2011
Influenza A virus NS1 protein is a multifunctional virulence factor consisting of an RNA binding domain (RBD), a short linker, an effector domain (ED), and a C-terminal 'tail'. Although poorly understood, NS1 multimerization may autoregulate its actions.
Margaret A Taylor, Richard E. Randall, García-Sastre, A., Hale Benjamin G., Kerry, P.S., Lewis Andrew, Taylor Margaret A., Kerry, Philip S., Andrew Lewis, Kerry Philip S., Hass, C., Benjamin G. Hale, Hale, Benjamin G., Rupert J. Russell, Juan Ayllon, Richard E Randall, Randall Richard E., Hale, B.G., Margaret A. Taylor, Ayllon, Juan, Philip S Kerry, Randall, R.E., Adolfo García-Sastre, Ayllón Barasoain, Juan, Lewis, Andrew, Hass Claudia, Ayllon, J., Rupert J Russell, García Sastre, Adolfo, Taylor, M.A., Lewis, A., García-Sastre Adolfo, Taylor, Margaret A., Hass, Claudia, Ayllon Juan, Russell, R.J., Randall, Richard E., Claudia Hass, Russell, Rupert J., Benjamin G Hale, Russell Rupert J., Philip S. Kerry, Garcia-Sastre, Adolfo, Randall, Richard E.; id_orcid   +43 more
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Switching Spike Plasticity Shapes ACE2 Engagement Across SARS‐CoV‐2 Variants

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Conformational plasticity governs SARS‐CoV‐2 spike function and ACE2 recognition. Using high‐speed AFM and single‐molecule force spectroscopy, we analyzed the ancestral spike and nine variants, revealing progressive rigidification from Delta, variable plasticity in Omicron sublineages, and JN.1 compaction.
Sarah Stainer, Rong Zhu, Manuel Reithofer, Gerhard Stadlmayr, Katharina Stadlbauer, Panchika Prangkio, Christoph Rippel, Markus Hahn, Aniko Eva Kasztner, Stefanie Stohl, Petr Bednar, Daniel Ruzek, David Glück, Robert Tampé, Gordana Wozniak‐Knopp, Yoo Jin Oh, Miriam Klausberger, Peter Hinterdorfer   +17 more
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Pathogenesis and virulence of Heartland virus

Virulence
Heartland virus (HRTV), an emerging tick-borne pathogenic bunyavirus, has been a concern since 2012, with an increasing incidence, expanding geographical distribution, and high pathogenicity in the United States. Infection from HRTV results in fever, thrombocytopenia, and leucopenia in humans, and in some cases, symptoms can progress to severe outcomes,
Kuan Feng, Benjamin Bendiwhobel Ushie, Haiyan Zhang, Shu Li, Fei Deng, Hualin Wang, Yun-Jia Ning   +6 more
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Virulence of Influenza A Virus for Mouse Lung [PDF]

Virus Genes, 1997
The experimental infection of mouse lung with influenza A virus has proven to be an invaluable model for studying the mechanisms of viral adaptation and virulence. These investigations have identified critical roles for the haemagglutinin (HA) and matrix (M) genes of the virus in determining virulence for mouse lung.
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Evolution of replication efficiency following infection with a molecularly cloned feline immunodeficiency virus of low virulence [PDF]

, 2002
The development of an effective vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus is considered to be the most practicable means of controlling the advancing global AIDS epidemic.
Hosie, M.J., Dunsford, T.H., Shimojima, M., Klein, D., Willett, B.J., Neil, J.C., Jarrett, O., Cannon, C.   +7 more
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An Effector TaCRVP From Tuta Absoluta Oral Secretion Impairs H2O2‐Mediated Plant Defense by Targeting Tomato SlCAT2

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The Tuta absoluta salivary effector TaCRVP subverts tomato immunity by hijacking host catalase SlCAT2. Through a sophisticated dual mechanism, TaCRVP simultaneously promotes SlCAT2 tetramerization for activation and blocks its SlAdBiL‐mediated degradation for stabilization.
Jianquan Yan, Youdan Zhang, Zhujun Wang, Huatao Tang, Huiping Liu, Zi Chen, Shuai Liu, Jiayi Shi, Lu Peng, Youming Hou   +9 more
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A single nucleotide in stem loop II of 5'-untranslated region contributes to virulence of enterovirus 71 in mice. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
BACKGROUND: Enterovirus 71 (EV71) has emerged as a neuroinvasive virus responsible for several large outbreaks in the Asia-Pacific region while virulence determinant remains unexplored.
Ming-Te Yeh, Shainn-Wei Wang, Chun-Keung Yu, Kuei-Hsiang Lin, Huan-Yao Lei, Ih-Jen Su, Jen-Ren Wang   +6 more
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