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ArnA contamination was independently observed during the purification of a soluble, low-yield protein complex, leading to an unintended 3.23 Å resolution cryo-EM structure. This work broadens recent f...

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Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) enable the spread of antibiotic resistance and other virulence factors. In Gram-positive bacteria, T4SSs have long been thought to lack VirB2-like proteins that form c...

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Despite recent advances in our understanding of the structure and function of conjugative Type 4 Secretion Systems (T4SSs), there is still only very s…

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SUMMARYEnterococcus faecalis is a significant resident of the gastrointestinal tract of most animals, including humans. Although generally non-pathogenic in healthy hosts, this microbe is adept at the exploitation of compromises in host immune functions, ...

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The environment bacteria are in dictates whether carrying a plasmid is ultimately a benefit or a burden. On the left, environment A shows one condition that made bearing this plasmid beneficial, wher...