A Single-Cell Approach to the Elusive Latent Human Cytomegalovirus Transcriptome.

abstract：UNLABELLED:Microorganisms use a variety of metabolites to respond to external stimuli, including second messengers that amplify primary signals and elicit biochemical changes in a cell. Levels of the second messenger cyclic dimeric GMP (c-di-GMP) are regulated by a variety of environmental stimuli and play a critical r...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Agostoni M,Koestler BJ,Waters CM,Williams BL,Montgomery BL

更新日期：2013-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins that metabolize or bind the nucleotide second messenger cyclic diguanylate regulate a wide variety of important processes in bacteria. These processes include motility, biofilm formation, cell division, differentiation, and virulence. The role of cyclic diguanylate signaling in the lifestyle of Legionella pne...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Levi A,Folcher M,Jenal U,Shuman HA

更新日期：2011-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:For decades, identifying the regions of a bacterial chromosome that are necessary for viability has relied on mapping integration sites in libraries of random transposon mutants to find loci that are unable to sustain insertion. To date, these studies have analyzed subsaturated libraries, necessitating the application...

journal_title：mBio

authors： DeJesus MA,Gerrick ER,Xu W,Park SW,Long JE,Boutte CC,Rubin EJ,Schnappinger D,Ehrt S,Fortune SM,Sassetti CM,Ioerger TR

更新日期：2017-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a leading cause of airway infection in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. P. aeruginosa employs several hierarchically arranged and interconnected quorum sensing (QS) regulatory circuits to produce a battery of virulence factors such as elastase, phenazines, and rhamnol...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Cruz RL,Asfahl KL,Van den Bossche S,Coenye T,Crabbé A,Dandekar AA

更新日期：2020-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Gammaherpesviruses (γHVs) are generally considered host specific and to have codiverged with their hosts over millions of years. This tenet is challenged here by broad-scale phylogenetic analysis of two viral genes using the largest sample of mammalian γHVs to date, integrating for the first time bat γHV sequences ava...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Escalera-Zamudio M,Rojas-Anaya E,Kolokotronis SO,Taboada B,Loza-Rubio E,Méndez-Ojeda ML,Arias CF,Osterrieder N,Greenwood AD

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are sensors that recognize molecular patterns from viruses, bacteria, and fungi to initiate innate immune responses to invading pathogens. The emergence of highly pathogenic coronaviruses severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome ...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Totura AL,Whitmore A,Agnihothram S,Schäfer A,Katze MG,Heise MT,Baric RS

更新日期：2015-05-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonflagellar type III secretion systems (nf T3SSs) form a cell surface needle-like structure and an associated translocon that deliver bacterial effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. This involves a tightly regulated hierarchy of protein secretion. A switch involving SctP and SctU stops secretion of the needle...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Yu XJ,Grabe GJ,Liu M,Mota LJ,Holden DW

更新日期：2018-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Pasteurella multocida toxin (PMT) induces atrophic rhinitis in animals, which is characterized by a degradation of nasal turbinate bones, indicating an effect of the toxin on bone cells such as osteoblasts and osteoclasts. The underlying molecular mechanism of PMT was defined as a persistent activation of he...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Strack J,Heni H,Gilsbach R,Hein L,Aktories K,Orth JH

更新日期：2014-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Dephospho-coenzyme A (dephospho-CoA) kinase (DPCK) catalyzes the ATP-dependent phosphorylation of dephospho-CoA, the final step in coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis. DPCK has been identified and characterized in bacteria and eukaryotes but not in archaea. The hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis encodes tw...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Shimosaka T,Makarova KS,Koonin EV,Atomi H

更新日期：2019-07-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is one of the most abundant gut symbiont species, whose contribution to host health through its ability to degrade dietary polysaccharides and mature the immune system is under intense scrutiny. In contrast, adhesion and biofilm formation, which are potentially involved in gut colonization...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Béchon N,Mihajlovic J,Vendrell-Fernández S,Chain F,Langella P,Beloin C,Ghigo JM

更新日期：2020-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Many viruses produce protein-coding and noncoding subgenomic RNAs (sgRNAs) that are critical for infection. A recently discovered pathway for viral sgRNA production uses exoribonuclease-resistant RNAs (xrRNAs), discrete folded RNA elements that block the processive exoribonucleolytic degradation of RNA. xrRNAs are wid...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Steckelberg AL,Vicens Q,Kieft JS

更新日期：2018-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Exploiting mechanisms of utilizing the sugar d-galactose in Escherichia coli as a model system, we explored the consequences of accumulation of critical intermediates of the d-galactose metabolic pathways by monitoring cell growth, metabolites, and transcript profiles. These studies revealed both metabolic n...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Lee SJ,Trostel A,Adhya S

更新日期：2014-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bacillus cereus group comprises numerous closely related species, including bioterrorism agent B. anthracis, foodborne pathogen B. cereus, and biopesticide B. thuringiensis Differentiating organisms capable of causing illness or death from those used in industry is essential for risk assessment and outbreak prepar...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Carroll LM,Wiedmann M,Kovac J

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio vulnificus, an opportunistic pathogen, is the causative agent of a life-threatening septicemia and a rising problem for aquaculture worldwide. The genetic factors that differentiate its clinical and environmental strains remain enigmatic. Furthermore, clinical strains have emerged from every clade of V. vulnifi...

journal_title：mBio

authors： López-Pérez M,Jayakumar JM,Haro-Moreno JM,Zaragoza-Solas A,Reddi G,Rodriguez-Valera F,Shapiro OH,Alam M,Almagro-Moreno S

更新日期：2019-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Type II polyketides are a group of secondary metabolites with various biological activities. In nature, biosynthesis of type II polyketides involves multiple enzymatic steps whereby key enzymes, including ketoacyl-synthase (KSα), chain length factor (KSβ), and acyl carrier protein (ACP), are utilized to elongate the p...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Hua K,Liu X,Zhao Y,Gao Y,Pan L,Zhang H,Deng Z,Jiang M

更新日期：2020-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In Escherichia coli, FtsEX coordinates peptidoglycan (PG) synthesis and hydrolysis at the septum. It acts on FtsA in the cytoplasm to promote recruitment of septal PG synthetases and recruits EnvC, an activator of septal PG hydrolases, in the periplasm. Following recruitment, ATP hydrolysis by FtsEX is thought to regu...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Du S,Pichoff S,Lutkenhaus J

更新日期：2020-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two recently submitted (but as yet unpublished) studies describe success in creating mutant isolates of H5N1 influenza A virus that can be transmitted via the respiratory route between ferrets; concern has been raised regarding human-to-human transmissibility of these or similar laboratory-generated influenza viruses....

journal_title：mBio

authors： Osterholm MT,Kelley NS

更新日期：2012-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT The major clonal lineages of the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus produce cell wall-anchored anionic poly-ribitol-phosphate (RboP) wall teichoic acids (WTA) substituted with d-Alanine and N-acetyl-d-glucosamine. The phylogenetically isolated S. aureus ST395 lineage has recently been found to produce a uni...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Winstel V,Sanchez-Carballo P,Holst O,Xia G,Peschel A

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Commensal bacteria in the human nasal cavity are known to suppress opportunistic pathogen colonization by competing for limited space and nutrients. It has become increasingly apparent that some commensal bacteria also produce toxic compounds that directly inhibit or kill incoming competitors. Numerous studies suggest...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Hardy BL,Dickey SW,Plaut RD,Riggins DP,Stibitz S,Otto M,Merrell DS

更新日期：2019-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Enterococcus faecium, natively a gut commensal organism, emerged as a leading cause of multidrug-resistant hospital-acquired infection in the 1980s. As the living record of its adaptation to changes in habitat, we sequenced the genomes of 51 strains, isolated from various ecological environments, to understa...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Lebreton F,van Schaik W,McGuire AM,Godfrey P,Griggs A,Mazumdar V,Corander J,Cheng L,Saif S,Young S,Zeng Q,Wortman J,Birren B,Willems RJ,Earl AM,Gilmore MS

更新日期：2013-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Forested ecosystems throughout the world are experiencing increases in the incidence and magnitude of insect-induced tree mortality with large ecologic ramifications. Interestingly, correlations between water quality and the extent of tree mortality in Colorado montane ecosystems suggest compensatory effects from adja...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Mikkelson KM,Brouillard BM,Bokman CM,Sharp JO

更新日期：2017-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Symbiotic microorganisms can have a profound impact on the host physiology and behavior, and novel relationships between symbionts and their hosts are continually discovered. A colony of social ants consists of various castes that exhibit distinct lifestyles and is, thus, a unique model for investigating how symbionts...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Koto A,Nobu MK,Miyazaki R

更新日期：2020-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria parasites increase their host erythrocyte's permeability to various nutrients, fueling intracellular pathogen development and replication. The plasmodial surface anion channel (PSAC) mediates this uptake and is linked to the parasite-encoded RhopH complex, consisting of CLAG3, RhopH2, and RhopH3. While interac...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Ahmad M,Manzella-Lapeira J,Saggu G,Ito D,Brzostowski JA,Desai SA

更新日期：2020-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A central question in mechanobiology is how cellular-scale structures are established and regulated. In bacteria, the cell envelope is essential for mechanical integrity, protecting against environmental stresses and bearing the load from high turgor pressures. Trivedi et al. (mBio 9:e01340-18, 2018, https://doi.org/1...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Odermatt PD,Arjes HA,Chang F,Huang KC

更新日期：2018-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Paramyxoviruses are negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that comprise many important human and animal pathogens, including human parainfluenza viruses. These viruses bud from the plasma membrane of infected cells after the viral ribonucleoprotein complex (vRNP) is transported from the cytoplasm to the cell memb...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Genoyer E,Kulej K,Hung CT,Thibault PA,Azarm K,Takimoto T,Garcia BA,Lee B,Lakdawala S,Weitzman MD,López CB

更新日期：2020-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Simian virus 40 (SV40) is a nonenveloped DNA virus that traffics through the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) en route to the nucleus, but the mechanisms of capsid disassembly and ER exit are poorly understood. We conducted an unbiased RNA interference screen to identify cellular genes required for SV40 infection. SV40 infe...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Goodwin EC,Lipovsky A,Inoue T,Magaldi TG,Edwards AP,Van Goor KE,Paton AW,Paton JC,Atwood WJ,Tsai B,DiMaio D

更新日期：2011-06-14 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Pneumococcal pili have been shown to influence pneumococcal colonization, disease development, and the inflammatory response in mice. The role of the pilus-associated RrgA adhesin in pneumococcal interactions with murine and human macrophages was investigated. Expression of pili with RrgA enhanced the uptake...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Orrskog S,Rounioja S,Spadafina T,Gallotta M,Norman M,Hentrich K,Fälker S,Ygberg-Eriksson S,Hasenberg M,Johansson B,Uotila LM,Gahmberg CG,Barocchi M,Gunzer M,Normark S,Henriques-Normark B

更新日期：2012-12-26 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Mycobacterium tuberculosis depends on aerobic respiration for growth and utilizes an aa3-type cytochrome c oxidase for terminal electron transfer. Cytochrome c maturation in bacteria requires covalent attachment of heme to apocytochrome c, which occurs outside the cytoplasmic membrane. We demonstrate that in...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Small JL,Park SW,Kana BD,Ioerger TR,Sacchettini JC,Ehrt S

更新日期：2013-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The protein YfeX from Escherichia coli has been proposed to be essential for the process of iron removal from heme by carrying out a dechelation of heme without cleavage of the porphyrin macrocycle. Since this proposed reaction is unique and would represent the first instance of the biological dechelation of...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Dailey HA,Septer AN,Daugherty L,Thames D,Gerdes S,Stabb EV,Dunn AK,Dailey TA,Phillips JD

更新日期：2011-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Once HIV-1 enters a cell, the viral core is uncoated by a poorly understood mechanism and the HIV-1 genomic RNA is reverse transcribed into DNA. Host cell factors are essential for these processes, although very few reverse transcription complex binding host cell factors have been convincingly shown to affect uncoatin...

journal_title：mBio

authors： Rawle DJ,Li D,Swedberg JE,Wang L,Soares DC,Harrich D

更新日期：2018-03-27 00:00:00