There have been several attempts to find promising biomaterials for skin regeneration,
among which polylysine (a homopolypeptide) has shown benefits in the regeneration and …

Airway epithelial cells are the first line of defense against invading microbes, and they
protect themselves through the production of carbohydrate and protein matrices …

Ail is an outer membrane protein from Yersinia pestis that is highly expressed in a rodent
model of bubonic plague, making it a good candidate for vaccine development. Ail is …

During infection, Yersinia, a facultative intracellular bacterial species, exhibits the ability to
first invade host cells and then counteract phagocytosis by the host cells. During these two …

Bacteria of the Gram-negative genus Yersinia are environmentally ubiquitous. Three
species are of medical importance: the intestinal pathogens Y. enterocolitica and Y …

Yersinia pestis is one of the most virulent bacteria identified. It is the causative agent of
plague—a systemic disease that has claimed millions of human lives throughout history. Y …

The present review summarizes data pertaining to the composition and structure of the
carbohydrate moiety (core oligosaccharide) and lipid component (lipid A) of the various …

Since its first identification in 1894 during the third pandemic in Hong Kong, there has been
significant progress of understanding the lifestyle of Yersinia pestis, the pathogen that is …

Outer membrane β-barrel proteins spontaneously fold into lipid bilayers with rates of folding
that are strongly influenced by the physical properties of the membrane. We show that …

Yep-phi is a T7-related bacteriophage specific to Yersinia pestis, and it is routinely used in
the identification of Y. pestis in China. Yep-phi infects Y. pestis grown at both 20° C and 37° …