2022
Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking GTPase activity
Han W, Peng B, Wang C, Townsend G, Barry N, Peske F, Goodman A, Liu J, Rodnina M, Groisman E. Gut colonization by Bacteroides requires translation by an EF‐G paralog lacking GTPase activity. The EMBO Journal 2022, 42: embj2022112372. PMID: 36472247, PMCID: PMC9841332, DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022112372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEF-G1Protein synthesisGTPase activityGuanosine triphosphateElongation factor GCarbon starvationCellular processesStarvation conditionsBacteroides thetaiotaomicronFactor GSingular abilityAmino acidsCell growthParalogsMurine cecumTranslocationGut colonizationColonizationCellsRibosomesProteinStarvationThetaiotaomicronBacteriaFitnessCryo-EM structures of prefusion SIV envelope trimer
Gorman J, Wang C, Mason R, Nazzari A, Welles H, Zhou T, Bess J, Bylund T, Lee M, Tsybovsky Y, Verardi R, Wang S, Yang Y, Zhang B, Rawi R, Keele B, Lifson J, Liu J, Roederer M, Kwong P. Cryo-EM structures of prefusion SIV envelope trimer. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 2022, 29: 1080-1091. PMID: 36344847, DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00852-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
Molecular characterization of the flightin gene in the wing-dimorphic planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, and its evolution in Pancrustacea
Xue J, Zhang XQ, Xu HJ, Fan HW, Huang HJ, Ma XF, Wang CY, Chen JG, Cheng JA, Zhang CX. Molecular characterization of the flightin gene in the wing-dimorphic planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, and its evolution in Pancrustacea. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2013, 43: 433-443. PMID: 23459170, DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2013.02.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsArthropod ProteinsBlotting, WesternCloning, MolecularDaphniaDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsEvolution, MolecularFemaleFilaminsGene Expression RegulationHemipteraInsect ProteinsMaleMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMolecular Sequence DataMuscle ProteinsNymphPhylogenyPolymerase Chain ReactionRNA, Double-StrandedSequence AlignmentSex CharacteristicsConceptsBrown planthopperNilaparvata lugensMacropterous adultsDestructive rice pestsWing-dimorphic planthopperFlight muscle functionBrachypterous onesDorsal longitudinal musclesLong-distance migrationFemale brown planthopperDrosophila melanogasterArthropod speciesFlightin geneBPH adultsCrustacean speciesWing dimorphismRice pestsFlightinJuvenile instarsInsectsFunctional variationMolecular characterizationKey roleFlight apparatusSpecies