SWAB MATERIALS AND BACILLUS ANTHRACIS SPORE RECOVERY FROM NONPOROUS SURFACES


Maturation of Monocyte-Derived DCs Leads to Increased Cellular Stiffness, Higher Membrane Fluidity, and Changed Lipid Composition

Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen-presenting cells of the immune system.Upon sensing pathogenic material in their environment, DCs start to mature, which includes cellular processes, such as antigen uptake, processing and presentation, as well as upregulation of costimulatory molecules and cytokine secretion.During maturation, DCs deta

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Functional analysis of Wolbachia Cid effectors unravels cooperative interactions to target host chromatin during replication.

Wolbachia are common bacteria among terrestrial arthropods.These endosymbionts transmitted through the female germline manipulate their host reproduction through several mechanisms whose most prevalent form called Cytoplasmic Incompatibility -CI- is a conditional sterility syndrome eventually favoring the infected progeny.Upon fertilization, the sp

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