Abstract:
:Improved fluorescence techniques for visualizing proteins in whole bacterial cells have resulted in recent breakthroughs in our understanding of chromosome segregation and cytokinesis in prokaryotes. The dynamics and localization of some of these proteins reveal surprisingly cytoskeletal-like behavior.
journal_name
Trends Microbioljournal_title
Trends in microbiologyauthors
Margolin Wdoi
10.1016/s0966-842x(98)01280-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-06-01 00:00:00pages
233-8issue
6eissn
0966-842Xissn
1878-4380pii
S0966-842X(98)01280-3journal_volume
6pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Defensins and cathelicidins are prevalent and essential gastrointestinal cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAPs). However, these defensive peptides are not infallible because certain enteropathogens can overcome their protective function. Furthermore, impaired defensin synthesis has been linked to the occurrence of Cro...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2006.08.008
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The genetic analysis of the large and complex herpesviruses has been a constant challenge to herpesvirologists. Elegant methods have been developed to produce mutants in infected cells that rely on the cellular recombination machinery. Bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs), single copy F-factor-based plasmid vectors...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0966-842x(02)02394-6
更新日期:2002-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Selected bacterial pathogens, such as Helicobacter pylori and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, establish persistent infections in mammalian hosts despite activating inflammatory and antimicrobial responses. The strategies used to overcome host defense responses vary with the anatomical location of the infection but often r...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0966-842x(02)00038-0
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Microbial pathogens possess a diversity of weapons that disrupt host homeostasis and immune defenses, thus resulting in the establishment of infection. The best-characterized system mediating bacterial protein delivery into target eukaryotic cells is the type III secretion system (T3SS) expressed by Gram-negative bact...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2018.01.010
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Quorum sensing is a process of bacterial cell-cell communication that uses small diffusible molecules to coordinate diverse behaviors in response to population density. The only quorum-sensing system shared by Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria involves the production of autoinducer-2 (AI-2). The AI-2 synthase L...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2006.01.003
更新日期:2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The SOS response is an essential process for responding to DNA damage in bacteria. The expression of SOS genes is under the control of LexA, a global transcription factor that undergoes self-cleavage during stress to allow the expression of DNA repair functions and delay cell division until the damage is rectified. Le...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2016.02.009
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A holistic approach to understanding the mechanisms by which stress influences the pathogenesis of infectious disease has resulted in the development of the field of microbial endocrinology. This transdisciplinary field represents the intersection of microbiology with mammalian endocrinology and neurophysiology, and i...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2007.11.005
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Horizontal gene transfer can provide bacteria with new functions that confer an important competitive advantage, and is therefore likely to affect the dynamics of bacterial ecosystems. Two studies by Wolfe et al. and Bonham et al. prepare the way to study this hypothesis in a model ecosystem with reproducible properti...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2017.07.002
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The term 'type III secretion' has seen widespread use. However, problems persist in nomenclature. We propose that the standard abbreviation for this kind of secretion should be 'T3S' and that 'type III secretion system' should be abbreviated to 'T3SS'. There is also a need for a new terminology to distinguish flagella...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2006.02.009
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Intestinal epithelial cells secrete a spectrum of chemoattractant and proinflammatory cytokines after invasion by bacteria. We suggest the novel concept that epithelial cells not only act as a mechanical barrier to invasive bacteria, but that they also signal the presence of invasive pathogens to the mucosal immune an...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/s0966-842x(00)88894-0
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The intestine harbors an ecosystem composed of the intestinal mucosa and the commensal microbiota. The microbiota fosters development, aids digestion and protects host cells from pathogens - a function referred to as colonization resistance. Little is known about the molecular basis of colonization resistance and how ...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2007.12.008
更新日期:2008-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The use of quality control mechanisms to stall developmental pathways or completely remove defective cells from a population is a widespread strategy to ensure the integrity of morphogenetic programs. Endospore formation (sporulation) is a well conserved microbial developmental strategy in the Firmicutes phylum wherei...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2017.03.005
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The evolution of virulence in Salmonella is driven by horizontal gene transfer. This has given rise to highly flexible pathogens that are able to colonize new niches and extend their host range. Tracing the record of horizontal gene transfer can provide clues to the virulence factors that contribute to the formation o...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/S0966-842X(97)01082-2
更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Gram-positive bacterial lipoproteins are a functionally diverse and important class of peripheral membrane proteins. Recent advances in molecular biology and the availability of whole genome sequence data have overturned many long-held assumptions about the export and processing of these proteins, most notably the rec...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2008.10.001
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Hospitals worldwide are facing an increasing incidence of hard-to-treat infections. Limiting infections and providing patients with optimal drug regimens require timely strain identification as well as virulence and drug-resistance profiling. Additionally, prophylactic interventions based on the identification of envi...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2018.08.004
更新日期:2018-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Despite being a curable disease, tuberculosis (TB) killed more people in 2009 than during any previous year in history. Progress in TB research has been slow, and remains burdened by important gaps in our knowledge of the basic biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of TB, and its interaction with ...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2011.07.002
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Type III secretion (T3S) is a mechanism that is central to the biology of the Chlamydiaceae and many other pathogens whose virulence depends on the translocation of toxic effector proteins to cytosolic targets within infected eukaryotic cells. Biomathematical simulations, using a previously described model of contact-...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2007.04.005
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::One strategy for neutralizing retroviral infectivity is to induce the incorporation of lethal fusion proteins, such as capsid protein-nuclease fusions, into the virion during the normal viral assembly process. Genes encoding such antiviral fusion proteins must be nontoxic to the host, lethal to the virus, and must be ...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/0966-842x(96)10065-2
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The recent observation of a surge in human monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) prompts the question of whether cessation of smallpox vaccination is driving the phenomenon, and if so, why is re-emergence not universal throughout the historic geographic range of the virus? Research addressing the vir...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2011.12.001
更新日期:2012-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Prion diseases are transmissible neurodegenerative disorders that include scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in cattle and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. The principal component of the infectious agent responsible for these diseases appears to be an abnormal isoform of the host-encode...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2003.10.007
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::In nongrowing microbes, proteome turnover is reduced and identification of newly synthesized, low-abundance proteins is challenging. Babin and colleagues recently utilized bio-orthogonal noncanonical amino acid tagging (BONCAT) to identify actively synthesized proteins in nongrowing Pseudomonas aeruginosa, discovering...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2016.02.014
更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Viruses have evolved complex and dynamic interactions with their host cell. In recent years we have gained insight into the expanding roles for host lipids in the virus life cycle. In particular, viruses target lipid signaling, synthesis, and metabolism to remodel their host cells into an optimal environment for their...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2011.03.007
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::For decades, hemagglutinin (HA) protein structure and its refolding mechanism have served as a paradigm for understanding protein-mediated membrane fusion. HA trimers are in a high-energy state and are functionally activated by low pH. Over the past decade, HA stability (or the pH at which irreversible conformational ...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2018.03.005
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Numerous observations have established a crucial role for phagocytic cells in host resistance to Salmonella. Activated macrophages rely on a complex array of oxygen-dependent antimicrobial molecules to inhibit or kill intracellular Salmonella. An initial oxidative bactericidal phase, which is dependent on the respirat...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0966-842x(00)01897-7
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The endogenous circadian clock of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus controls many cellular processes and confers an adaptive advantage on this organism in a competitive environment. To be advantageous, this internal biological oscillator must be reset daily to remain in synchrony with its environment and to t...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2007.08.005
更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Subunit vaccines based on recombinant proteins can suffer from poor immunogenicity owing to incorrect folding of the target protein or poor presentation to the immune system. Virus-like particles (VLPs) represent a specific class of subunit vaccine that mimic the structure of authentic virus particles. They are recogn...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/s0966-842x(03)00208-7
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::During cellular entry and infection, the parvovirus capsid follows a complex path from the cell surface to the nucleus, where the DNA is replicated. Various receptors have been characterized that bind to different parvoviruses and mediate their entry into cells. However, the subsequent trafficking pathways within the ...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2008.01.012
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Fluorescent amino acid analogs have proven to be useful tools for studying the dynamics of peptidoglycan metabolism. García-Heredia and colleagues showed that their route of incorporation differs depending on the adjunct fluorophore and applied this property to investigate mycobacterial peptidoglycan synthesis and rem...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.tim.2018.11.006
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Third International Symposium on Advancing Science and Elimination of the Use of Laboratory Animals for Development and Control of Vaccines and Hormones, organized by the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM, The Netherlands) under the auspices of the International Association for Biologic...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type:
doi:10.1016/s0966-842x(01)02295-8
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Virulence of many bacterial pathogens is based, at least in part, on the action of phospholipases. The consequences may be immediate and direct, as in the action of Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin on red cells or platelets, or subtle, as with phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipases of Listeria monocytogenes a...
journal_title:Trends in microbiology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1016/S0966-842X(97)01005-6
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00