Isa Moreno
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Isa Moreno
@isabmor.bsky.social
Researcher studying amoeba and giant viruses at IGS-CNRS Marseille
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Finally out! Did you ever wonder how a phylum with 10 core genes can make a conserved organelle? Read the paper! It's all about intrinsically disordered proteins! | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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August 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Moreno, @lionelguy.bsky.social et al. applied experimental evolution to identify genes conferring host specificity to L. pneumophila, highlighting the importance of mutations targeting the LerC protein and the LPS synthesis cluster.

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#evolbio #molbio #legionella
Host-Specific Adaptation of Legionella pneumophila to Single and Multiple Hosts
Abstract. Legionella pneumophila is an endosymbiotic bacterial species able to infect and reproduce in various protist and human hosts. Upon entry into hum
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August 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Here our revised version of our manuscript defining viral factories as biomolecular condensates. Hope you enjoy the reading.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Nucleocytoviricota viral factories are transient organelles made by liquid-liquid phase separation
Phase separation is a widespread mechanism in viral processes, mediating replication, host manipulation and virion morphogenesis. The phylum Nucleocytoviricota encompasses diverse and ubiquitous virus...
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February 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM