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Benjamin L. Kocsis

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterORCID 0009-0003-0813-4804Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:human· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Neal M. AltoiD· 2 shared Aaron EmbryiD· 1 shared Addison White· 1 shared Dahee SeoiD· 1 shared David B. HeisleriD· 1 shared David F SchadiD· 1 shared Diana R. TomchickiD· 1 shared Don B. GammoniD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJul 25, 2026

Targeting of ELMO2 by the Shigella E3 Ligase IpaH4.5 Reveals Key Differences Between ELMO Paralogs

David F Schad, Maarten F. de Jong, Dahee Seo…·Neal M. Alto

The paper identifies ELMO2 as a specific target of Shigella IpaH4.5 ubiquitin ligase, revealing divergence in ELMO paralogs and their functional roles in bacterial infection.

DOI 10.64898/2026.07.25.740577

humanproteomics

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MicrobiologyPLoS PathogensPeer-reviewedMay 16, 2024

Exploiting Bacterial Effector Proteins to Uncover Evolutionarily Conserved Antiviral Host Machinery

Aaron Embry, Nina S. Baggett, David B. Heisler…·Don B. Gammon

The paper identifies evolutionarily conserved host factors that restrict arbovirus replication by using bacterial effector proteins to rescue viral replication in insect cells.

13 citations

experimental assayhost-pathogen & immune response

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