[HTML][HTML] Understanding the dynamics of physiological changes, protein expression, and PFAS in wildlife

J Bangma, TC Guillette, PA Bommarito, C Ng… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) accumulation and elimination in both wildlife
and humans is largely attributed to PFAS interactions with proteins, including but not limited …

Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 through recombination and strong purifying selection

X Li, EE Giorgi, MH Marichannegowda, B Foley… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
COVID-19 has become a global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Understanding the origins of SARS-CoV-2 is critical for deterring future zoonosis …

Continuous evolution of base editors with expanded target compatibility and improved activity

BW Thuronyi, LW Koblan, JM Levy, WH Yeh… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Base editors use DNA-modifying enzymes targeted with a catalytically impaired CRISPR
protein to precisely install point mutations. Here, we develop phage-assisted continuous …

Phase-plate cryo-EM structure of a class B GPCR–G-protein complex

YL Liang, M Khoshouei, M Radjainia, Y Zhang… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Class B G-protein-coupled receptors are major targets for the treatment of chronic diseases,
such as osteoporosis, diabetes and obesity. Here we report the structure of a full-length …

TMC1 forms the pore of mechanosensory transduction channels in vertebrate inner ear hair cells

B Pan, N Akyuz, XP Liu, Y Asai, C Nist-Lund, K Kurima… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The proteins that form the permeation pathway of mechanosensory transduction channels in
inner-ear hair cells have not been definitively identified. Genetic, anatomical, and …

The Treponema pallidum Outer Membrane

JD Radolf, S Kumar - Spirochete Biology: The Post Genomic Era, 2018 - Springer
The outer membrane (OM) of Treponema pallidum, the uncultivatable agent of venereal
syphilis, has long been the subject of misconceptions and controversy. Decades ago …

Structure of nonstructural protein 1 from SARS-CoV-2

LK Clark, TJ Green, CM Petit - Journal of Virology, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The periodic emergence of novel coronaviruses (CoVs) represents an ongoing public health
concern with significant health and financial burdens worldwide. The most recent …

Prophage-mediated defence against viral attack and viral counter-defence

RM Dedrick, D Jacobs-Sera, CAG Bustamante… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Temperate phages are common, and prophages are abundant residents of sequenced
bacterial genomes. Mycobacteriophages are viruses that infect mycobacterial hosts …

[HTML][HTML] Protein structure analysis of the interactions between SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and the human ACE2 receptor: from conformational changes to novel …

I Mercurio, V Tragni, F Busto, A De Grassi… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
The recent severe acute respiratory syndrome, known as Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) has spread so much rapidly and severely to induce World Health Organization …

Antimicrobial peptides grafted onto the surface of N-acetylcysteine-chitosan nanoparticles can revitalize drugs against clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

LMDG Primo, CA Roque-Borda, CSC Canales… - Carbohydrate …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) and is the leading cause of
death from infectious diseases in the World. The search for new antituberculosis drugs is a …