29.07.2011 | Rachel M. Schowalter et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Rachel M. Schowalter, Diana V. Pastrana, Christopher B. Buck Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCV or MCPyV) appears to be a causal factor in the development of Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare but highly lethal form of skin cancer. Although recent reports indicate that MCV virions are ...

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29.07.2011 | Laila Cancian et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Laila Cancian, Rachel Bosshard, Walter Lucchesi, Claudio Elgueta Karstegl, Paul J. Farrell Type 1 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) strains immortalize B lymphocytes in vitro much more efficiently than type 2 EBV, a difference previously mapped to the EBNA-2 locus. Here we demonstrate ...

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29.07.2011 | Xiaoguang Xue et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Xiaoguang Xue, Qingyu Lu, Hui Wei, Dongli Wang, Dongwei Chen, Guangjun He, Li Huang, Hanzhong Wang, Xinquan Wang Pathogens have evolved sophisticated mechanisms to evade detection and destruction by the host immune system. Large DNA viruses encode homologues of chemokines and ...

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29.07.2011 | Joshua Chang Mell et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Joshua Chang Mell, Svetlana Shumilina, Ira M. Hall, Rosemary J. Redfield Many bacteria are able to efficiently bind and take up double-stranded DNA fragments, and the resulting natural transformation shapes bacterial genomes, transmits antibiotic resistance, and allows escape ...

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29.07.2011 | Dionne P. Robinson et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Dionne P. Robinson, Maria E. Lorenzo, William Jian, Sabra L. Klein Studies of the 1918 H1N1 influenza pandemic, the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak, and the 2009 H1N1 pandemic illustrate that sex and pregnancy contribute to severe outcome from infection, suggesting a role for sex ...

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29.07.2011 | Floriane L'Haridon et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Floriane L'Haridon, Angélique Besson-Bard, Matteo Binda, Mario Serrano, Eliane Abou-Mansour, Francine Balet, Henk-Jan Schoonbeek, Stephane Hess, Ricardo Mir, José Léon, Olivier Lamotte, Jean-Pierre Métraux Wounded leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana show transient immunity to ...

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29.07.2011 | Izumi Chuma et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Izumi Chuma, Chihiro Isobe, Yuma Hotta, Kana Ibaragi, Natsuru Futamata, Motoaki Kusaba, Kentaro Yoshida, Ryohei Terauchi, Yoshikatsu Fujita, Hitoshi Nakayashiki, Barbara Valent, Yukio Tosa Magnaporthe oryzae is the causal agent of rice blast disease, a devastating problem ...

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29.07.2011 | Kenneth Plante et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Kenneth Plante, Eryu Wang, Charalambos D. Partidos, James Weger, Rodion Gorchakov, Konstantin Tsetsarkin, Erin M. Borland, Ann M. Powers, Robert Seymour, Dan T. Stinchcomb, Jorge E. Osorio, Ilya Frolov, Scott C. Weaver Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is a reemerging mosquito-borne ...

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29.07.2011 | Angela M. Jansen et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Angela M. Jansen, Lindsay J. Hall, Simon Clare, David Goulding, Kathryn E. Holt, Andrew J. Grant, Piero Mastroeni, Gordon Dougan, Robert A. Kingsley The Vi capsular polysaccharide is a virulence-associated factor expressed by Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi but absent from ...

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29.07.2011 | Clinton C. Dawson et al., PLoS Pathogens, 2011

by Clinton C. Dawson, Chaidan Intapa, Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk

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