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PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2021 Mar 24;15(3):e0008352. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.

Leishmania parasites cycle between sand-fly vectors and mammalian hosts adapting to alternating environments by stage-differentiation accompanied by changes in the proteome profiles. Translation regulation plays a central role in driving the differential program of gene expression since control of gene regulation in Leishmania is mostly post-transcriptional. The Leishmania genome encodes six eIF4E paralogs, some of which bind a dedicated eIF4G candidate, and each eIF4E is assumed to have specific functions with perhaps some overlaps. Read More

Nat Commun 2021 02 26;12(1):1339. Epub 2021 Feb 26.

School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.

Campylobacter jejuni is a foodborne pathogen that binds to and invades the epithelial cells lining the human intestinal tract. Maximal invasion of host cells by C. jejuni requires cell binding as well as delivery of the Cia proteins (Campylobacter invasion antigens) to the host cell cytosol via the flagellum. Read More

Int J Biol Macromol 2021 Jan 1;167:395-404. Epub 2020 Dec 1.

Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Central Lab, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt; Regional Center for Food and Feed, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt. Electronic address:

Colibacillosis disease has an important economic impact on poultry production worldwide. It is one of the most common causes of mortality in commercial layer and breeder chickens. Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) is the main cause of this disease. Read More

Int J Food Microbiol 2021 Jan 31;337:108929. Epub 2020 Oct 31.

Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuenkibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan; Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medical Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, 1-1 Gakuenkibanadai-nishi, Miyazaki 889-2192, Japan. Electronic address:

Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning worldwide. Chickens are considered to be one of the major reservoirs of Campylobacter infection in humans due to colonization of their intestinal tract. When the chickens are slaughtered and processed, the entire skin of the carcass becomes contaminated with campylobacters. Read More

Sci Rep 2020 09 23;10(1):15173. Epub 2020 Sep 23.

Department of Bacteriology, Gunma University, Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8511, Japan.

The Tol-Pal system is a protein complex that is highly conserved in many gram-negative bacteria. We show here that the Tol-Pal system is associated with the enteric pathogenesis of enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC). Read More