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C. de Jesus Vieira Teixeira, K. Bellande, A. van der Schuren, D. O'Connor, C. S. Hardtke, J. Vermeer
This paper creates an atlas of lateral root development in Brachypodium distachyon, showing that lateral roots originate from phloem pole pericycle cells and that auxin signaling is active in overlying cortical layers.
bioRxiv · Mar 25, 2024 · PreprintPlant Biology
K. Nennig, T. Shaw, D. O'Connor, J. Stapleton, A. L. Bailey
This paper creates a mouse model of pegivirus infection and investigates immune mechanisms of persistence and cross-species infection.
bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2024Microbiology
S. Rahman, G. Bloye, N. Farah, J. Demeulemeester, J. R. Costa, D. O'Connor, R. Pocock, A. Turna, L. Wang, S. Lee, A. K. Fielding, J. Roels, R. Jaksik, M. Dawidowska, P. V. Vlierberghe, , M. R. Mansour
The paper identifies a novel mechanism where focal deletions of an intronic element in FTO lead to IRX3 activation in T-ALL through enhancer hijacking.
bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2024Cancer Biology
K. Braun, G. K. Moreno, C. Wagner, M. A. Accola, W. M. Rehrauer, D. A. Baker, K. Koelle, D. O'Connor, T. Bedford, T. Friedrich, L. H. Moncla
The paper analyzes SARS-CoV-2 within-host diversity and transmission bottlenecks in acute infections, finding limited diversity and narrow bottlenecks that restrict variant spread.
bioRxiv · Apr 30, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
C. M. Newman, A. F. Tarantal, M. L. Martinez, H. A. Simmons, T. K. Morgan, X. Zeng, J. R. Rosinski, M. I. Bliss, E. K. Bohm, D. M. Dudley, M. Aliota, T. Friedrich, C. J. Miller, D. O'Connor
This study infects rhesus macaques intravaginally with Zika virus and finds that two of three pregnancies resulted in early embryonic loss with viral RNA detected at the maternal-fetal interface.
bioRxiv · Apr 3, 2021Microbiology
K. M. Braun, G. K. Moreno, P. J. Halfmann, E. B. Hodcroft, D. A. Baker, E. C. Boehm, A. M. Weiler, A. K. Haj, M. Hatta, S. Chiba, T. Maemura, Y. Kawaoka, K. Koelle, D. O'Connor, T. Friedrich
This study shows SARS-CoV-2 in cats has limited within-host genetic variation and a narrow transmission bottleneck, with a variant H655Y emerging and spreading across transmission pairs.
bioRxiv · Nov 16, 2020Microbiology
A. S. Jaeger, A. M. Weiler, R. V. Moriarty, S. L. Rybarczyk, S. L. O'Connor, D. O'Connor, D. Seeling, M. Fritsch, T. C. Friedrich, M. Aliota
This study shows Spondweni virus causes fetal harm in mice and is transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, similar to Zika virus.
bioRxiv · Oct 30, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology
Y. Cai, S. Yu, R. Jangra, E. Postnikova, J. Wada, R. Tesh, S. Whelan, M. Lauck, M. Wiley, C. Finch, S. Radoshitzky, D. O'Connor, G. Palacios, K. Chandran, C. Chiu, J. Kuhn
The paper shows that tibrovirus glycoproteins can enter human, bat, and nonhuman primate cells, but replication resistance varies among cell types.
bioRxiv · Dec 27, 2018Microbiology
D. Dudley, C. Newman, J. Lalli, L. Stewart, M. Koening, A. Weiler, M. Semler, G. Barry, K. Zarbock, M. Mohns, M. Breitbach, N. Schultz-Darken, E. Peterson, W. Newton, E. Mohr, , M. Aliota
This study compares ZIKV replication kinetics and tissue distribution in rhesus macaques infected via mosquito bite versus subcutaneous inoculation, finding delayed viral peak and restricted tissue distribution in mosquito-infected animals.
bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2017Microbiology