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ASM Articles in the Spotlight Print E-mail

ASM Articles in the Spotlight. The ASM journals Eukaryotic Cell, Infection and Immunity, and the Journal of Virology highlight current articles of interest in their Spotlight sections:
http://ec.asm.org/current.dtl#SPOTLIGHT
http://iai.asm.org/current.dtl#SPOTLIGHT
http://jvi.asm.org/current.dtl#SPOTLIGHT

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Formins: Host Tools for Pathogens? Print E-mail

 

As they spread from cell to cell, Shigella move towards the plasma membrane, and then push against it, causing protrusions that penetrate the adjacent cell.
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New Insights into the Coat Shifting of Immune-Evading Trypanosomes Print E-mail

 

African trypanosomes, spread by the tsetse fly, cause African sleeping sickness, and a related livestock disease, nagana.
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Simple Assay Reveals Resistance Print E-mail

 

It has been shown that the induction of fluoroquinolone resistance can be detected by applying Escherichia coli to drug-containing agar and then counting colonies as they accumulate over a week or so.
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Bacterial Iron-Binding Cluster May Also Be Zinc Chelator Print E-mail

 

Zinc is essential, but toxic in excess, so bacteria modulate expression of pumps that either import or export zinc.
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CWD: a Rodent Bridge To Other Species? Print E-mail

 

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurologic infection of deer and elk that is caused by prions.
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