June 2008

Pseudo-colored scanning electron micrograph of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (green) infecting macrophages (red) (see Ghigo et al., doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000087).

Image Credit: Image generated by Eric Ghigo and Jean-Luc Ansaldi (Electronic Microscopy Facility, Faculté de Medecine, Marseille, France).

Review

The Achilles Heel of the Trojan Horse Model of HIV-1 trans-Infection

Marielle Cavrois, Jason Neidleman, Warner C. Greene

PLOS Pathogens: published June 27, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000051

Research Articles

Patterns of Evolution and Host Gene Mimicry in Influenza and Other RNA Viruses

Benjamin D. Greenbaum, Arnold J. Levine, Gyan Bhanot, Raul Rabadan

PLOS Pathogens: published June 6, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000079

Mycolic Acid Modification by the mmaA4 Gene of M. tuberculosis Modulates IL-12 Production

Dee N. Dao, Kari Sweeney, Tsungda Hsu, Sudagar S. Gurcha, Ivan P. Nascimento, Dan Roshevsky, Gurdyal S. Besra, John Chan, Steven A. Porcelli, William R. Jacobs Jr.

PLOS Pathogens: published June 6, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000081

Multiple Host Barriers Restrict Poliovirus Trafficking in Mice

Sharon K. Kuss, Chris A. Etheredge, Julie K. Pfeiffer

PLOS Pathogens: published June 6, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000082

Key Role of Mfd in the Development of Fluoroquinolone Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni

Jing Han, Orhan Sahin, Yi-Wen Barton, Qijing Zhang

PLOS Pathogens: published June 6, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000083

The Malaria Secretome: From Algorithms to Essential Function in Blood Stage Infection

Christiaan van Ooij, Pamela Tamez, Souvik Bhattacharjee, N. Luisa Hiller, Travis Harrison, Konstantinos Liolios, Taco Kooij, Jai Ramesar, Bharath Balu, John Adams, Andy Waters, Chris Janse, Kasturi Haldar

PLOS Pathogens: published June 13, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000084

Cellular Proteins in Influenza Virus Particles

Megan L. Shaw, Kathryn L. Stone, Christopher M. Colangelo, Erol E. Gulcicek, Peter Palese

PLOS Pathogens: published June 6, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000085

A Sporozoite Asparagine-Rich Protein Controls Initiation of Plasmodium Liver Stage Development

Olivier Silvie, Kristin Goetz, Kai Matuschewski

PLOS Pathogens: published June 13, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000086

Ameobal Pathogen Mimivirus Infects Macrophages through Phagocytosis

Eric Ghigo, Jürgen Kartenbeck, Pham Lien, Lucas Pelkmans, Christian Capo, Jean-Louis Mege, Didier Raoult

PLOS Pathogens: published June 13, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000087

Mouse Hepatitis Coronavirus RNA Replication Depends on GBF1-Mediated ARF1 Activation

Monique H. Verheije, Matthijs Raaben, Muriel Mari, Eddie G. te Lintelo, Fulvio Reggiori, Frank J. M. van Kuppeveld, Peter J. M. Rottier, Cornelis A. M. de Haan

PLOS Pathogens: published June 13, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000088

Environmental Induction of White–Opaque Switching in Candida albicans

Bernardo Ramírez-Zavala, Oliver Reuß, Yang-Nim Park, Knut Ohlsen, Joachim Morschhäuser

PLOS Pathogens: published June 13, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000089

Real-Time High Resolution 3D Imaging of the Lyme Disease Spirochete Adhering to and Escaping from the Vasculature of a Living Host

Tara J. Moriarty, M. Ursula Norman, Pina Colarusso, Troy Bankhead, Paul Kubes, George Chaconas

PLOS Pathogens: published June 20, 2008 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1000090

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Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus infecting mouse macrophages