Publications of the Week Early Cellular Innate Immune Responses Drive Zika Viral Persistence and Tissue Tropism in Pigtail Macaques O'Connor, M.A., et al. | September 3, 2018 The immunological and virological events that contribute to the establishment of Zika virus (ZIKV) infection…sciencecitySeptember 3, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week An Assay for De Novo Kinetochore Assembly Reveals a Key Role for the CENP-T Pathway in Budding Yeast Lang, J., et al. | August 31, 2018 Chromosome segregation depends on the kinetochore, the machine that establishes force-bearing attachments between DNA and…sciencecityAugust 31, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Viral Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of a Tetravalent Dengue Vaccine in Two Phase 3 Trials Juraska, M., et al. | August 29, 2018 Two phase 3 placebo-controlled trials of the CYD-TDV vaccine, evaluated in children aged 2-14 y…sciencecityAugust 29, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Deep Mutational Scanning of Hemagglutinin Helps Predict Evolutionary Fates of Human H3N2 Influenza Variants Lee, J.M., et al. | August 24, 2018 Human influenza virus rapidly accumulates mutations in its major surface protein hemagglutinin (HA). The evolutionary…sciencecityAugust 24, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Crystal Structure of the COMPASS H3K4 Methyltransferase Catalytic Module Hsu, P.L., et al. | August 22, 2018 The SET1/MLL family of histone methyltransferases is conserved in eukaryotes and regulates transcription by catalyzing…sciencecityAugust 22, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Single-Molecule Analysis of a Viral Fusion Protein Illuminates a Fusion-Active Intermediate State Benhaim, M. and Lee, K.K. | August 20, 2018 The influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) fusion glycoprotein mediates viral entry into host cells through its…sciencecityAugust 20, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week B Cell Adaptor for PI3-Kinase (BCAP) Modulates CD8+ Effector and Memory T Cell Differentiation Singh, M.D., et al. | August 17, 2018 CD8+ T cells respond to signals via the T cell receptor (TCR), costimulatory molecules, and immunoregulatory…sciencecityAugust 17, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Synthetic Microbe Communities Provide Internal Reference Standards for Metagenome Sequencing and Analysis Hardwick, S.A., et al. | August 15, 2018 The complexity of microbial communities, combined with technical biases in next-generation sequencing, pose a challenge…sciencecityAugust 15, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week New Tools for Syphilis Research Author: Sheila Lukehart | August 10, 2018 Syphilis research has been severely limited by the necessity to propagate Treponema pallidumin vivo in rabbits. After…sciencecityAugust 10, 2018 Read More
Publications of the Week Iodide Improves Outcome After Acute Myocardial Infarction in Rats and Pigs First Author: Michael Morrison | Senior Author: Mark Roth | August 8, 2018 In this study, we tested whether iodide would reduce heart damage in rat and pig…sciencecityAugust 8, 2018 Read More