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P. Sarkar, C. El-Mohtar, D. Turner, S. Welker, C. J. Robertson, V. Orbovic, Z. Mou, A. Levy
This study shows that overexpressing AtNPR1 or silencing AtNPR3/AtNPR4 orthologs in citrus enhances HLB tolerance by regulating immune balance and reducing callose and ROS accumulation.
bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2024Plant Biology
P. Sarkar, J. S. Vazquez, M. Zhou, A. Levy, Z. Mou, V. Orbovic
This paper introduces a multiplex gene editing system in citrus using a multi-intron Cas9 gene and gRNA-tRNA arrays to target the PDS gene, improving editing efficiency in Carrizo citrange and Duncan grapefruit.
bioRxiv · Dec 15, 2023Plant Biology
B. Sahoo, Z. Mou, W. Liu, G. Dubyak, X. Dai
The paper identifies NINJ1 as an active mediator of plasma membrane rupture and explains why NINJ2 cannot, through structural and functional analysis of their filaments.
bioRxiv · May 31, 2023Immunology
T. J. C. Tan, Z. Mou, R. Lei, W. O. Ouyang, M. Yuan, G. Song, R. Andrabi, I. A. Wilson, C. Kieffer, X. Dai, K. A. Matreyek, N. C. Wu
The paper identifies mutations that stabilize the prefusion conformation of SARS-CoV-2 spike while improving expression, using a combination of fluorescence-based assays, cell display, and deep mutational scanning.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2022Biochemistry
C. Specht, E. J. Homan, C. K. Lee, Z. Mou, C. L. Gomez, M. M. Hester, A. Abraham, F. Rus, G. Ostroff, S. M. Levitz
The paper shows that glucan particle-based vaccines containing specific peptides from C. neoformans proteins can protect mice against cryptococcosis, with varying efficacy depending on the peptide and mouse strain.
bioRxiv · Nov 12, 2021Immunology
A. Pavlova, Z. Zhang, A. Acharya, D. L. Lynch, Y. T. Pang, Z. Mou, J. M. Parks, C. Chipot, J. C. Gumbart
This study identifies critical residues for SARS-CoV-2 spike protein binding to ACE2 using machine learning and free energy calculations, showing how specific mutations affect binding affinity.
bioRxiv · Mar 19, 2021Biophysics
G. Gupta, P. Jia, R. Sharma, R. Zayats, S. M. Viana, L. Shan, Z. Mou, V. S. Boaventura, A. Barral, T. T. Murooka, A. Soussi-Gounni, C. I. de Oliveira, J. E. Uzonna
This study shows PTX3 suppresses Th17 responses and increases susceptibility to Leishmania major infection by inhibiting IL-17A production and Th17-specific transcription factors.
bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2019Immunology