2023
Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies
Kennedy K, de Goffau M, Perez-Muñoz M, Arrieta M, Bäckhed F, Bork P, Braun T, Bushman F, Dore J, de Vos W, Earl A, Eisen J, Elovitz M, Ganal-Vonarburg S, Gänzle M, Garrett W, Hall L, Hornef M, Huttenhower C, Konnikova L, Lebeer S, Macpherson A, Massey R, McHardy A, Koren O, Lawley T, Ley R, O’Mahony L, O’Toole P, Pamer E, Parkhill J, Raes J, Rattei T, Salonen A, Segal E, Segata N, Shanahan F, Sloboda D, Smith G, Sokol H, Spector T, Surette M, Tannock G, Walker A, Yassour M, Walter J. Questioning the fetal microbiome illustrates pitfalls of low-biomass microbial studies. Nature 2023, 613: 639-649. PMID: 36697862, PMCID: PMC11333990, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05546-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicrobial populationsHuman immune developmentMicrobial ecologyReproductive biologyMicrobial communitiesLow biomass environmentsMicrobial signalsMicrobial studiesDNA sequencingMicrobiome studiesDNA extractionMicrobial analysisClinical microbiologyMechanistic conceptsCautionary exampleImmune developmentRecent studiesHuman fetusesFetal tissuesMammalsGnotobiologyEcologyMicrobiologyFetal microbiomeBiology
2009
Prestin's Anion Transport and Voltage-Sensing Capabilities Are Independent
Bai JP, Surguchev A, Montoya S, Aronson PS, Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D. Prestin's Anion Transport and Voltage-Sensing Capabilities Are Independent. Biophysical Journal 2009, 96: 3179-3186. PMID: 19383462, PMCID: PMC2718310, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.3948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords4,4'-Diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-Disulfonic AcidAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnion Transport ProteinsAntiportersCarbon RadioisotopesChloridesCHO CellsCricetinaeCricetulusElectric CapacitanceFormatesGerbillinaeIon TransportMiceMutation, MissenseOxalatesPatch-Clamp TechniquesSalicylatesSulfate TransportersConceptsClosest phylogenetic relativesTransmembrane regionSLC26 anion transporter familyMammalian outer hair cellsMembrane protein prestinPrestin's motor functionAnion transportPhylogenetic relativesAnion transporter familyTransporter familyProtein prestinChloride-binding siteGating charge movementPrestinCharge movementHair cellsOuter hair cellsResiduesMechanistic conceptsVoltage sensingTransport capabilityCellsVoltage sensorPrevious observationsUptake studies
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