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The solution structure of an anti-CRISPR protein by Maxwell, Karen L., Garcia, Bianca, Bondy-Denomy, Joseph, Bona, Diane, Hidalgo-Reyes, Yurima, Davidson, Alan R.

“…Bacterial CRISPR–Cas adaptive immune systems use small guide RNAs to protect against phage infection and invasion by foreign genetic elements. We previously…”
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Structural and Functional Studies of gpX of Escherichia coli Phage P2 Reveal a Widespread Role for LysM Domains in the Baseplates of Contractile-Tailed Phages by Maxwell, Karen L, Fatehi Hassanabad, Mostafa, Chang, Tom, Pirani, Nawaz, Bona, Diane, Edwards, Aled M, Davidson, Alan R

“…A variety of bacterial pathogenicity determinants, including the type VI secretion system and the virulence cassettes from Photorhabdus and Serratia, share an…”
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A phage-encoded anti-activator inhibits quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Shah, Megha, Taylor, Véronique L., Bona, Diane, Tsao, Yvonne, Stanley, Sabrina Y., Pimentel-Elardo, Sheila M., McCallum, Matthew, Bondy-Denomy, Joseph, Howell, P. Lynne, Nodwell, Justin R., Davidson, Alan R., Moraes, Trevor F., Maxwell, Karen L.

“…The arms race between bacteria and phages has led to the evolution of diverse anti-phage defenses, several of which are controlled by quorum-sensing pathways…”
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Phage Morons Play an Important Role in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Phenotypes by Tsao, Yu-Fan, Taylor, Véronique L, Kala, Smriti, Bondy-Denomy, Joseph, Khan, Alima N, Bona, Diane, Cattoir, Vincent, Lory, Stephen, Davidson, Alan R, Maxwell, Karen L

“…The viruses that infect bacteria, known as phages, play a critical role in controlling bacterial populations in many diverse environments, including the human…”
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HK97 gp74 Possesses an α-Helical Insertion in the ββα Fold That Affects Its Metal Binding, cos Site Digestion, and In Vivo Activities by Weiditch, Sasha A, Bickers, Sarah C, Bona, Diane, Maxwell, Karen L, Kanelis, Voula

“…The last gene in the genome of the bacteriophage HK97 encodes gp74, an HNH endonuclease. HNH motifs contain two conserved His residues and an invariant Asn…”
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Tail Tip Proteins Related to Bacteriophage λ gpL Coordinate an Iron-Sulfur Cluster by Tam, William, Pell, Lisa G., Bona, Diane, Tsai, Alex, Dai, Xiao Xian, Edwards, Aled M., Hendrix, Roger W., Maxwell, Karen L., Davidson, Alan R.

“…The assembly of long non-contractile phage tails begins with the formation of the tail tip complex (TTC). TTCs are multi-functional protein structures that…”
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Gold Nanoparticle Smartphone Platform for Diagnosing Urinary Tract Infections by Zagorovsky, Kyryl, Fernández-Argüelles, Maria Teresa, Bona, Diane, Elshawadfy, Ashraf Mohamed, Syed, Abdullah Muhammad, Kadhiresan, Pranav, Mazzulli, Tony, Maxwell, Karen L., Chan, Warren C.W.

“…Current urinary tract infection (UTI) diagnostic methods are slow or provide limited information, resulting in prescribing antibiotic therapy before bacterial…”
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The Solution Structure of the C-Terminal Ig-like Domain of the Bacteriophage λ Tail Tube Protein by Pell, Lisa G., Gasmi-Seabrook, Genevieve M.C., Morais, Marc, Neudecker, Philipp, Kanelis, Voula, Bona, Diane, Donaldson, Logan W., Edwards, Aled M., Howell, P. Lynne, Davidson, Alan R., Maxwell, Karen L.

“…Immunoglobulin (Ig)-like domains are found frequently on the surface of tailed double-stranded DNA bacteriophages, yet their functional role remains obscure…”
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Tail Tip Proteins Related to Bacteriophage I> gpL Coordinate an Iron-Sulfur Cluster by Tam, William, Pell, Lisa G, Bona, Diane, Tsai, Alex, Dai, Xiao Xian, Edwards, Aled M, Hendrix, Roger W, Maxwell, Karen L, Davidson, Alan R

“…The assembly of long non-contractile phage tails begins with the formation of the tail tip complex (TTC). TTCs are multi-functional protein structures that…”
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Structural and Functional Studies of gpX of Escherichia coli Phage P2 Reveal a Widespread Role for LysM Domains in the Baseplates of Contractile-Tailed Phages by Maxwell, K. L., Hassanabad, M. F., Chang, T., Paul, V. D., Pirani, N., Bona, D., Edwards, A. M., Davidson, A. R.

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Refolding out of guanidine hydrochloride is an effective approach for high‐throughput structural studies of small proteins by Maxwell, Karen L., Bona, Diane, Liu, Chengsong, Arrowsmith, Cheryl H., Edwards, Aled M.

“…Low in vivo solubility of recombinant proteins expressed in Escherichia coli can seriously hinder the purification of structural samples for large‐scale…”
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