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Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
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- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
The striped eel catfish Plotosus lineatus is a venomous Indo-Pacific species that has rapidly expanded within the Mediterranean Sea following its Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal. Understanding its current distribution and future invasion potential is essential for eva...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Protein polymers proliferate: polymerization of phosphatases and proteases
It has been known for more than half a century that enzymes can polymerize to either activate or repress their catalytic functions. Using electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM), we serendipitously found that two commonly used enzymes in molecular microbiology research, alkaline phosp...
- Biology
High-Risk Clones of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in India: Genome and Traits
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a notorious opportunistic pathogen constituting a major cause of health care-associated infections worldwide. Intrinsic resistance to multiple antibiotics, with acquired resistance mechanisms and hypervirulence make it a critical target for genomic inves...