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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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Yeast Mutations Cause Homoserine Toxicity, Virulence Suppression, and Death in Yeasts and Suggest Promising Antimicrobial Targets Print E-mail

Yeast missing either of the last two steps in threonine biosynthesis (Thr1p or Thr4p) have myriad deleterious phenotypes not typically associated with amino acid auxotrophy, such as sensitivity to salts, high and low temperatures, pH, and radiation.

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Actinomycin Production Genes Form a Huge Palindrome Print E-mail

Actinomycins are well-known inhibitors of transcription in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, due to their planar structure, which allow them to intercalate into GC-rich DNA.

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Insights into Structure of Chemotaxis Proteins in Helicobacter pylori Print E-mail

Bacterial chemotaxis is controlled by the histidine kinase CheA and the response regulator CheY.

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New Details on How HPV Hijacks Bacterial Cell Replication Print E-mail

Human papillomaviruses cause most cervical cancers, and replicate their genomes in highly differentiated stratified epithelial cells.

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