A yet unknown reservoir of yersinia pestis in Europe
A new study provides data on long-term presence of yersinia pestis from 14th c. onwards by using analysis of ancient DNA (aDNA). The study is based on two different sites in Germany, spanning a time period of more than 300 years.
Rainer Schreg
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Characterization of Two Rhs-Family Nuclease Toxins, YPO3609 and YPO3615, in <i>Yersinia pestis</i>. [PDF]
Duan R +11 more
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Experimental evidence of early-phase transmission of Yersinia pestis by Synopsyllus fonquerniei and Xenopsylla brasiliensis. [PDF]
Rakotobe Harimanana R +2 more
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A prehistoric East-Asian Yersinia pestis genome and a ~5.3 ka trans-Eurasian expansion of plague. [PDF]
Sun B +16 more
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A field-deployable high-resolution SNP genotyping platform for rapid surveillance of <i>Yersinia pestis</i>. [PDF]
Liu Y +15 more
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Novel antibiotics from DNA adenine methyltransferase inhibitors
The re-emergence of plague as a world-wide health concern and the potential risk posed by bioterrorism has led to an increased interest in available treatments for the disease.
McKelvie, Jennifer C.
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Real-time tracking of <i>Yersinia pestis</i> infection dynamics using a near-infrared fluorescent protein labeling system. [PDF]
Wang Y +10 more
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Establishment and application of a quadruple target real-time PCR assay for detecting Yersinia pestis. [PDF]
Wang W, Zhang X, Yu H, Wang Z.
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Temperature-dependent dynamics of DNA methylation and plasmid copy number in Yersinia pestis. [PDF]
D N K +11 more
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