Haptic (touch) perception normally entails an active exploration of object surfaces over time.
This is called active touch,,. When exploring the shape of an object, we experience both …

Klebsiella pneumoniae is a promising industrial microorganism as well as a major human
pathogen. The recent emergence of carbapenem-resistant K. pneumoniae has posed a …

In environmental settings, biofilms represent the common way of life of microorganisms.
Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis, the most frequent cause of gastroenteritis in …

To increase the frequency of homologous recombination, we inactivated the KU80
homologue in Aspergillus fumigatus (named akuB KU80). Homologous integration reached …

Ageing of biological systems is accompanied by alterations in mitochondrial morphology,
including a transformation from networks and filaments to punctuate units. The significance …

Bacterial secretion systems often employ molecular chaperones to recognize and facilitate
export of their substrates. Recent work demonstrated that a secreted component of the type …

The Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a widespread weapon dedicated to the delivery of
toxin proteins into eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. The 13 T6SS subunits assemble a …

Abundance and diversity of bacteria and their viral predators, bacteriophages (phages), in
the digestive tract are associated with human health. Particularly intriguing is the long-term …

All cells have stress response pathways that maintain homeostasis in each cellular
compartment. In the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli, the ςE pathway responds to …

The phage lambda-derived Red recombination system is a powerful tool for making targeted
genetic changes in Escherichia coli, providing a simple and versatile method for generating …