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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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Ras/cAMP Pathway Reveals New Vulnerabilities in Fungal Pathogens Print E-mail
The Ras and cAMP pathways control growth, differentiation, and virulence of pathogenic fungi, including Cryptococcus neoformans, which causes lethal fungal meningitis.
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Transcriptome Analysis of O157:H7 in Fresh Cut Lettuce Print E-mail
Leafy vegetables are the foods second most commonly associated with outbreaks of foodborne illness in the United States, most notably when contaminated with Escherichia coli O157:H7.
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Pyrosequencing Enables Quick Detection of Resistance Markers in H1N1 Print E-mail
The ability to screen pathogens for drug resistance is very important in the clinic.
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New Antibiofilm Patent Targets Amyloids Print E-mail

 

Amyloids are the characteristic proteins in Alzheimer's disease plaques.
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Researchers Reconstitute Regulatory Cascade, and It Works! Print E-mail

 

Many pathogenic and symbiotic gram-negative bacteria express a highly conserved type III secretion system (T3SS) involved in assembling a macromolecular needle complex that injects toxins into eukaryotic hosts.
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