The gut mucosa acts as a barrier against microbial invaders, whereas resident commensal
and foreign invading bacteria interact intimately with the gut epithelium and influence the …

Burkholderia pseudomallei and Burkholderia mallei are closely related gram-negative
bacteria that can cause serious diseases in humans and animals. This review summarizes …

Inflammasomes are large cytoplasmic complexes that sense microbial infections/danger
molecules and induce caspase-1 activation-dependent cytokine production and …

A family of bacterial effectors including Cif homolog from Burkholderia pseudomallei (CHBP)
and Cif from Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adopt a functionally important …

The soil saprophyte, Burkholderia pseudomallei, is the causative agent of melioidosis, a
disease endemic in South East Asia and northern Australia. Exposure to B. pseudomallei by …

Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis, a disease with high
mortality that is prevalent in tropical regions of the world. A key component of the …

Ubiquitylation is a crucial post-translational protein modification that regulates several
cellular processes in eukaryotes, including inflammatory responses, endocytic trafficking …

Separation of daughter cells during bacterial cell division requires splitting of the septal
cross wall by peptidoglycan hydrolases. In Streptococcus pneumoniae, PcsB is predicted to …

Insect pathogens are an excellent source of novel insecticidal agents with proven toxicity. In
particular, bacteria from the genera Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus are proving to be a …

Abstract The Legionella pneumophila effector MavC induces ubiquitination of the E2
ubiquitin‐conjugating enzyme UBE 2N by transglutamination, thereby abolishing its function …