December 3, 2019
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11/21/2019
Review
In this PLOS Pathogens Review, Voleman and Doležal discuss recent advances on the dynamics of mitochondria and mitochondrion-related organelles of parasitic protists, delving into the function of dynamin-related proteins, the occurrence of mitochondrial fusion, and mitophagy from the perspective of eukaryote evolution.
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Current Issue November 2019
11/14/2019
Pearls
In this PLOS Pathogens Pearls article, Vila and colleagues discuss saliva as gatekeeper of the oral cavity and microbial curator, including the role in candidiasis and salivaomics.
Image credit: Vila T, et al. (2019)
12/02/2019
Research Article
Johnston and colleagues show that KSHV replication activates the three cellular proteins that sense ER stress, which are each required to support efficient viral replication, but blocks UPR gene expression downstream from each of these activated sensor proteins.
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12/02/2019
Research Article
Han and colleagues add to our understanding of the diverse functions of type VI secretion systems (T6SS) and the role of metal ions for P. aeruginosa in competition, reporting a Cu2+-scavenging pathway consisting of a copper transporter and a T6SS-secreted Cu2+-binding protein.
Image credit: Han Y, et al (2019)
11/22/2019
Research Article
Bakshi and colleagues present evidence that the tick evades host defense using countervailing pro- and anti- inflammatory proteins. Pro-host defense tick saliva proteins may stimulate host immune cells such as macrophages, and anti-host defense tick saliva proteins may suppress functions of the activated immune cells.
Image credit: Bakshi M, et al. (2019)
12/02/2019
Research Article
Bao and colleagues show transcription factor encoding gene, StTCP23, positively regulates potato sprouting, tuber development via GA-related mechanism and that disease symptoms result from silencing of StTCP23 by VMR-derived siRNAs.
Image credit: Bao S, et al. (2019)
12/02/2019
Research Article
Beilstein and colleagues identify the localization patterns of proteins involved in viral entry at the surface of purified virions and describe localization changes after cell attachment.
Image credit: Beilstein F, et al. (2019)
12/02/2019
Research Article
Yu and colleagues show that N. gonorrhoeae preferentially colonize stratified epithelial cells in the vaginal-cervical region by enhancing epithelial cell adherence.
Image credit: Yu Q, et al. (2019)
11/14/2019
research article
Schang and colleagues use biophysical fractionation and short-read deep sequencing to investigate chromatin dynamics during HSV-1 lytic infections.
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11/14/2019
Research article
Karniychuk and colleagues demonstrate subclinical fetal Zika virus infection is associated with abnormal immunological responses
Image credit: Karniychuk, et al. (2019)
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