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Z. J. Yang

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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X. Ran· 2 shared A. J. Link· 1 shared A. Lemoff· 1 shared A. Thokkadam· 1 shared E. C. Martens· 1 shared E. P. Skaar· 1 shared H. David· 1 shared K. L. Richardson· 1 shared

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2023-2023 · peak 2/yr

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X. Ran

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Iron acquisition by a commensal bacterium modifies host nutritional immunity during Salmonella infection

L. Spiga, R. T. Fansler, Y. R. Perera, N. G. Shealy, M. J. Munneke, T. P. Torres, H. David, A. Lemoff, X. Ran, K. L. Richardson, N. Pudlo, E. C. Martens, Z. J. Yang, E. P. Skaar, M. X. Byndloss, , W. Zhu

This study shows that the commensal bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron acquires iron using siderophores from Salmonella, evading host sequestration by lipocalin-2 and allowing Salmonella to bypass nutritional immunity.

bioRxiv · Jun 25, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

A High-Throughput Screen Reveals the Structure-Activity Relationship of the Antimicrobial Lasso Peptide Ubonodin

A. Thokkadam, T. Do, X. Ran, M. Brynildsen, Z. J. Yang, A. J. Link

This study uses a high-throughput screen to analyze ubonodin variants, identifying structure-activity relationships and a variant with improved antimicrobial activity against Burkholderia cenocepacia.

ACS Central Science · Mar 1, 2023Peer-reviewedBiochemistry