A pathogen's ability to infect or damage its host tissues is determined by the virulence factors. These are often molecules synthesized by bacteria or viruses and encoded in their genome, but they may ...

The enzyme Sortase A plays a critical role in the virulence of Gram-positive bacteria by covalently anchoring surface proteins to the peptidoglycan cell wall. These surface proteins, which include ...

Pathogenicity is the potential capacity of certain species of microbes to cause an infectious process. It is characterised by ...

SMBE Journals (Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution)Aug 22 2024 Surprisingly, a large number of mutations occurred at the same site or in the same gene across multiple ...

Adhesins are surface structures of bacteria that facilitate their attachment to host cells or non-living materials. New research has advanced our understanding of adhesins, as outlined in a new report ...

Researchers have used high-speed microscopy to investigate native structure and conformational dynamics of hemagglutinin in influenza A. The influenza A viruses, which have instigated deadly pandemics ...

Earlier workers have confined their investigations on the fat content of bacteria largely to the tubercle bacillus.The results herein recorded seem to establish the general law that carbohydrates and ...

CHICAGO – Elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) explain one reason why periodontal disease could be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, according to a new study in the Journal of ...

The influenza A viruses, which have instigated deadly pandemics in the past, still remain a major global public health problem until today. Molecules known as virulence factors are produced by ...