Cytoskeletal proteins participate in conserved viral strategies across kingdoms of life.

abstract：:Coxiella burnetii is a widespread zoonotic bacterial pathogen that causes human Q fever. In vivo, Coxiella displays a tropism for mononuclear phagocytes where it participates in biogenesis of a lysosome-like replication compartment to conduct its obligate intracellular lifestyle. Coxiella actively regulates multiple e...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Voth DE,Heinzen RA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene clusters contributing to processes such as cell growth and pathogenicity are often controlled by two-component signal transduction systems (TCSs). Specific inhibitors against TCS systems work differently from conventional antibiotics, and developing them into new drugs that are effective against various drug-resi...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Gotoh Y,Eguchi Y,Watanabe T,Okamoto S,Doi A,Utsumi R

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is highly immunogenic and appears to have evolved to preserve its antigenicity. The retention of antigenicity is important to the maintenance of a robust immune response that contributes greatly to the late-stage tissue damage required for transmission and completion of the pathogen's ...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Russell DG

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are small genetic modules that are abundant in bacterial genomes. Three types have been described so far, depending on the nature and mode of action of the antitoxin component. While type II systems are surprisingly highly represented because of their capacity to move by horizontal gene tr...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Van Melderen L

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial biofilms are generally described as surface-associated bacterial communities comprising exopolysaccharide-surrounded microcolonies. Interspersed between these microcolonies are water-filled channels that may serve as primitive circulatory systems. Over the past few years, much progress has been made in our u...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Pratt LA,Kolter R

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus subtilis regulates its ability to differentiate into distinct, co-existing cell types in response to extracellular signaling molecules produced either by itself, or present in its environment. The production of molecules by B. subtilis cells, as well as their response to these signals, is not uniform across t...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Shank EA,Kolter R

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzymological and genetic aspects of microbial metabolism of hydrocarbons have been extensively revealed. Such molecular information is useful for understanding the bioremediation of oil spill environments and production of hydrocarbon-specific fine chemicals. ...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Ishige T,Tani A,Sakai Y,Kato N

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular protozoans co-evolved with their mammalian host cells a range of strategies to cope with the composite and dynamic cell surface features they encounter during migration and infection. Therefore, these single-celled eukaryotic parasites represent a fascinating source of living probes for precisely capturi...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Pavlou G,Milon G,Tardieux I

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In filamentous fungi, the actin cytoskeleton is required for polarity establishment and maintenance at hyphal tips and for formation of a contractile ring at sites of septation. Recently, formins have been identified as Arp (actin-related protein) 2/3-independent nucleators of actin polymerization, and filamentous fun...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Xiang X,Plamann M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterium-host interactions are important for diverse ecological settings including pathogenicity and symbiosis. Electron cryotomography is a powerful method for studying the macromolecular complexes that mediate such interactions in situ. The main limitation of electron cryotomography is its restriction to relatively...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Medeiros JM,Böck D,Pilhofer M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Barring bioavailability and nutritional limitations, virtually all organic anthropogenic chemicals can be naturally biodegraded. It is to this phenomenon we owe thanks to the long established 'tritrophic trinity' of microbe-plant-insect interactions. Over hundreds of millennia these organisms have coevolved, producing...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Singer AC,Thompson IP,Bailey MJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus, GBS), a normal constituent of the intestinal microbiota is the major cause of human neonatal infections and a worldwide spread 'hypervirulent' clone, GBS ST-17, is strongly associated with neonatal meningitis. Adhesion to epithelial and endothelial cells constitutes a k...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Tazi A,Bellais S,Tardieux I,Dramsi S,Trieu-Cuot P,Poyart C

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 30 years, significant advances in genetic manipulation tools along with complete genome and transcriptome sequencing have advanced our understanding of the biology of Leishmania parasites and their interplay with the sand fly and mammalian hosts. High-throughput sequencing in association with CRISPR/Cas9 h...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Cruz AK,Freitas-Castro F

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dectin-1 is an innate immune pattern recognition receptor (PRR) that, through its ability to bind β-glucans, is involved in the recognition of several pathogenic fungi. Dectin-1 can stimulate a variety of cellular responses via the Syk/CARD9 signalling pathway, including phagocytosis, cytokine production and the respi...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Drummond RA,Brown GD

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endolysins are phage-encoded enzymes that break down bacterial peptidoglycan at the terminal stage of the phage reproduction cycle. Their action is tightly regulated by holins, by membrane arrest, and by conversion from their inactive to active state. Recent research has not only revealed the unexpected diversity of t...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Loessner MJ

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several species of Archaea are involved in symbiotic or parasitic associations with representatives of Eukarya, Bacteria and other Archaea. Eukaryal interactions include different members of methanogens, found in the gut of arthropods, in the rumen of cattle, and in the human intestine, while Cenarchaeum symbiosum is ...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Moissl-Eichinger C,Huber H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotes host numerous intracellular and associated microbes in their microbiota. Fungi, the so-called Mycobiota, are important members of both human and plant microbiota. Moreover, members of the plant mycobiota host their own microbiota on their surfaces and inside their hyphae. The microbiota of the mycobiota inc...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Bonfante P,Venice F,Lanfranco L

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 2003, dozens of giant viruses that infect amoebas (GVA), including mimiviruses and marseilleviruses, have been discovered. These giants appear to be common in our biosphere. From the onset, their presence and possible pathogenic role in humans have been serendipitously observed or investigated using a broad rang...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Colson P,Aherfi S,La Scola B,Raoult D

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Signal termination in two-component systems occurs by loss of the phosphoryl group from the response regulator protein. This review explores our current understanding of the structures, catalytic mechanisms and means of regulation of the known families of phosphatases that catalyze response regulator dephosphorylation...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Silversmith RE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past ten years, species-rich nations in the developing world have sought to capitalize on their 'biological patrimony' through a variety of business relationships with multinational corporations as a means of underwriting their conservation efforts. Initially lauded, these relationships have generated more ...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Garrity GM,Hunter-Cevera J

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the past decades, oligosaccharides are considered for their potential biological activities. To exploit them, it was essential to obtain pure molecules in large amounts. Several strategies were developed to produce specific sugar sequences with specific substitution patterns from land plants and algae polysaccha...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Courtois J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are nearly ubiquitous in microbial genomes and influence their evolution by providing adaptive functions to their host and by enhancing genome plasticity and diversification. For a long-time, it has been assumed that by integrating into the chromosome of their host, these se...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Burrus V

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent developments have increased our understanding of the evolution of mutualistic associations between Epichloë endophytes and their grass hosts. Most of the asexual species appear to be interspecific hybrids. Although endophytes form compatible associations with their natural hosts, transfers to other hosts elicit...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Scott B

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clustered, regularly interspaced, short, palindromic repeats (CRISPR) loci, together with their CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins, provide bacteria and archaea with adaptive immunity against invasion by bacteriophages, plasmids, and other mobile genetic elements. These host defenses impart selective pressure on phages ...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Sontheimer EJ,Davidson AR

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural hypersaline waters are widely distributed around the globe, as both continental surface waters and sea floor lakes, the latter being maintained by the large density difference between the hypersaline and overlying marine water. Owing to the extreme salt concentrations, close to or at saturation (approximately ...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Porter K,Russ BE,Dyall-Smith ML

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of a large number of sequenced microbial genomes allows us to conduct systematic studies on microbial gene regulatory systems. Computational methods, using comparative genomics approaches, are powerful tools to understand their mechanisms and evolutionary history. Recent advances in computational meth...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Stormo GD,Tan K

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies on antibacterials have focused on the development of antimycobacterial agents and antibacterial peptides, and on furthering the understanding of agents that have been available for several decades, including imidazoles, beta-lactams and quinolones. New areas of research include antisense oligonucleotide...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Piddock LJ

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The central role of small RNAs in regulating bacterial gene expression has been elucidated in the past years. Typically, small RNAs act via specific basepairing with target mRNAs, leading to modulation of translation initiation and mRNA stability. Quantitative studies suggest that small RNA regulation is characterized...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Levine E,Hwa T

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria protect nitrogenase from oxygen in differentiated cells called heterocysts. Heterocyst development is controlled by the availability of nitrogen compounds in the environment and by intrinsic factors that regulate the frequency and pattern of heterocysts along vegetative c...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Golden JW,Yoon HS

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes are the major arthropod vectors of human diseases such as malaria and viral encephalitis. However, each mosquito species does not transmit every pathogen, owing to reasons that include specific evolutionary histories, mosquito immune system structure, and ecology. Even a competent vector species for a patho...

journal_title：Current opinion in microbiology

authors： Mitri C,Vernick KD

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00