Rev1, a translation synthesis DNA polymerase of Candida albicans, binds to PCNA via its BRCT domain and plays a critical role in DNA damage response, but is dispensable for systemic candidiasis.
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Candida albicans is a major fungal pathogen whose virulence is linked to filamentation. Its relative, C. dubliniensis, filaments less and rarely causes disease . Meza-Davalos et al. explore the regulatory basis for this difference.
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Amidotransferases are essential for protein lipoylation in diverse eukaryotes. The selective inhibition by 8-bromooctanoate of amidotransferases from Capsaspora owczarzaki and Plasmodium falciparum reveals a conserved and druggable mechanism.
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We are pleased to announce the winners of the BLAST XVIII Molecular Microbiology Awards!

Outstanding Talk by an Early Career Investigator (ECI)
Philip Adams (NIH, Bethesda, USA)
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Outstanding Poster Presentation by an ECI
Yuansheng Cao (Tsinghua Univ.)

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BLAST XVIII was a great success!
Molecular Microbiology invites research articles related to: "Bacterial Locomotion and Signal Transduction"
Join us! see... www.blastmeetings.org/people

Published articles will be collected as a virtual "special issue" prior to the next BLAST meeting.
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Molecular Microbiology (Wiley) is now on BlueSky!

We have 9 academic editors including four on BlueSky:
@johnhelmann.bsky.social (EIC)
@kimingeneva.bsky.social
@freddyfrischknecht.bsky.social
@neil-gow.bsky.social
and...
Jim Imlay
Steve Harris
Natacha Ruiz
Ute Romling
Jacomine Locker