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William Keith Ray

Virginia TechORCID 0000-0002-1727-4994Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Abdeali M. JivajiiD· 1 shared Anne M. BrowniD· 1 shared Charlie K. CornwallisiD· 1 shared Collette Camper· 1 shared Corina P. D. BrussaardiD· 1 shared Crysten BlabyiD· 1 shared Frank O. AylwardiD· 1 shared Ian K. HickliniD· 1 shared

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2025-2025 · peak 2/yr

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MicrobiologyMolecular MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedSep 22, 2025

Type IV pili-associated secretion of a biofilm matrix protein from Clostridium perfringens that forms intermolecular isopeptide bonds

Sarah E. Kivimaki, Samantha Dempsey, Collette Camper…·Stephen B. Melville

This study identifies a biofilm matrix protein, BsaC, secreted by Clostridium perfringens via type IV pili, and shows BsaA forms intermolecular isopeptide bonds to enhance biofilm fiber strength.

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bacteria (other)proteomics

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MicrobiologySciencePeer-reviewedApr 10, 2025

Latent infection of an active giant endogenous virus in a unicellular green alga

María P. Erazo-Garcia, Uri Sheyn, Zachary K. Barth…·Frank O. Aylward

The paper identifies an active giant endogenous virus in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, showing viral production and latent infection dynamics in natural isolates.

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plant (other)long-read sequencing

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