Joe D. Joiner

The paper investigates the relationship between chaperone structure and substrate secretion order in bacterial type III secretion systems, finding that chaperone structure alone does not determine secretion hierarchy.

This study investigates how autoimmune-protective MDA5 variants affect RNA sensing and signaling, finding they reduce interferon response and alter filament formation and ATP hydrolysis.

The paper identifies a synthetic small molecule, C26, that inhibits HilD, a key regulator of Salmonella secretion systems, thereby preventing bacterial invasion of host cells.

This study investigates the DNA-binding properties of bacterial histone HBb in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, revealing its ability to bend DNA in a sequence-independent manner, similar to archaeal and eukaryotic histones.

The paper identifies new proteins in Apilactobacillus kunkeei that adopt alpha-helical folded states, suggesting de novo protein emergence is common in evolution.