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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

 
Bacteria Protect Plants from Pathogenic Prokaryotes Print E-mail
Like the human gut, the surface of leaves has a large population of diverse microbial species, some harmful, and some beneficial.
 
yaaA Gene Shields E. coli from Peroxide Print E-mail
The evolution from the ancient anaerobic world to our modern oxygen-rich environment left prokaryotes with vulnerability to oxidative stress.
 
Regulating Copper Concentration: New Model Sheds New Light Print E-mail
Many bacteria have evolved mechanisms for maintaining metal homeostasis in the periplasm.
 
Using New Method, Researchers Target Highly Conserved Protein Print E-mail
The architecture of cellular protein interaction networks can be used to identify critical, highly connected hub proteins, essential both to network integrity and cell survival.
 
H5N1 Causes Long-Term Brain Injury in Ferret Models Print E-mail
Some victims of the H5N1 influenza virus, which first appeared in humans in 1997, have had neurological involvement, with H5N1 RNA and antigens showing up in patients' brains, and virus in cerebrospinal fluid.