Molecular Microbiology

Article	Citations
Type IV secretion systems: Advances in structure, function, and activation	139
Activity, delivery, and diversity of Type VI secretion effectors	99
Biogenesis and discharge of the rhoptries: Key organelles for entry and hijack of host cells by the Apicomplexa	61
The structure and mechanism of the bacterial type II secretion system	57
TonB‐dependent transporters in the Bacteroidetes: Unique domain structures and potential functions	51
Role of internalin proteins in the pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes	50
Friends or enemies? The complicated relationship between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus	46
The PfAP2‐G2 transcription factor is a critical regulator of gametocyte maturation	44
Precision‐cut lung slices: A powerful ex vivo model to investigate respiratory infectious diseases	39
Mycobacteria–host interactions in human bronchiolar airway organoids	35
Class A PBPs: It is time to rethink traditional paradigms	34
Significance of fucose in intestinal health and disease	32
Linking nutrient sensing and gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum blood‐stage parasites	32
ActS activates peptidoglycan amidases during outer membrane stress in Escherichia coli	31
Bacterial type VII secretion: An important player in host‐microbe and microbe‐microbe interactions	30
Competence pili in Streptococcus pneumoniae are highly dynamic structures that retract to promote DNA uptake	30
Geobacter sulfurreducens inner membrane cytochrome CbcBA controls electron transfer and growth yield near the energetic limit of respiration	30
KH domain proteins: Another family of bacterial RNA matchmakers?	29
Seizing control: How dense granule effector proteins enable Toxoplasma to take charge	28
Plasmodium sporozoites on the move: Switching from cell traversal to productive invasion of hepatocytes	28
Molecular interactions between the intestinal microbiota and the host	26
Organization of peptidoglycan synthesis in nodes and separate rings at different stages of cell division of Streptococcus pneumoniae	26
The active repertoire of Escherichia coli peptidoglycan amidases varies with physiochemical environment	26
Signals triggering prophage induction in the gut microbiota	25
The fungal RABOME: RAB GTPases acting in the endocytic and exocytic pathways of Aspergillus nidulans (with excursions to other filamentous fungi)	25

Host sensing and signal transduction during Toxoplasma stage conversion	24
L‐Aspartate as a high‐quality nitrogen source in Escherichia coli: Regulation of L‐aspartase by the nitrogen regulatory system and interaction of L‐aspartase with GlnB	24
CRISPR interference identifies vulnerable cellular pathways with bactericidal phenotypes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	23
The assembly of β‐barrel membrane proteins by BAM and SAM	23
Riboswitch control of bacterial RNA stability	22
MltG activity antagonizes cell wall synthesis by both types of peptidoglycan polymerases in Escherichia coli	21
The fungal‐specific histone acetyltransferase Rtt109 regulates development, DNA damage response, and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus	21
The McdAB system positions α‐carboxysomes in proteobacteria	21
The 3′UTR‐derived sRNA RsaG coordinates redox homeostasis and metabolism adaptation in response to glucose‐6‐phosphate uptake in Staphylococcus aureus	20
Genes affecting the extension of chronological lifespan in Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)	20
ClpP1P2 peptidase activity promotes biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	20
Widespread bacterial utilization of guanidine as nitrogen source	19
Dual role of a (p)ppGpp‐ and (p)ppApp‐degrading enzyme in biofilm formation and interbacterial antagonism	18
Mining RNA‐seq data reveals the massive regulon of GcvB small RNA and its physiological significance in maintaining amino acid homeostasis in Escherichia coli	18
Cell wall protein variation, break‐induced replication, and subtelomere dynamics in Candida glabrata	18
PqsR‐independent quorum‐sensing response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027 outlier‐strain reveals new insights on the PqsE effect on RhlR activity	18
A fresh look at mycobacterial pathogenicity with the zebrafish host model	18
Nonredundant functions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis chaperones promote survival under stress	17
Understudied proteins and understudied functions in the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis—A major challenge in current research	17
CsrA regulation via binding to the base‐pairing small RNA Spot 42	17
The Escherichia coli FadR transcription factor: Too much of a good thing?	17
Nutrient sensing in Leishmania: Flagellum and cytosol	17
uORF‐mediated riboregulation controls transcription of whiB7/wblC antibiotic resistance gene	17
A key cytosolic iron–sulfur cluster synthesis protein localizes to the mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii	17
Regulatory function of the novel transcription factor CxrC in Penicillium oxalicum	16
Adenovirus entry: Stability, uncoating, and nuclear import	16
Contributions of F‐specific subunits to the F plasmid‐encoded type IV secretion system and F pilus	16
Diminazene resistance in Trypanosoma congolense is not caused by reduced transport capacity but associated with reduced mitochondrial membrane potential	16
The Plasmodium falciparum parasitophorous vacuole protein P113 interacts with the parasite protein export machinery and maintains normal vacuole architecture	16
Alanine metabolism in Bacillus subtilis	16
RecA‐independent recombination: Dependence on the Escherichia coli RarA protein	16
Manganese impairs the QoxABCD terminal oxidase leading to respiration‐associated toxicity	16
Phase‐variable expression of pdcB, a phosphodiesterase, influences sporulation in Clostridioides difficile	16
The association between Hfq and RNase E in long‐term nitrogen‐starved Escherichia coli	16
Electrolocation? The evidence for redox‐mediated taxis in Shewanella oneidensis	15
H‐NS‐like proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa coordinately silence intragenic transcription	15
Inactivation of RNase P in Escherichia coli significantly changes post‐transcriptional RNA metabolism	15
Genome‐wide analysis of in vivo CcpA binding with and without its key co‐factor HPr in the major human pathogen group A Streptococcus	15
Spatial regulation of protein A in Staphylococcus aureus	15
Pseudouridines on Trypanosoma brucei mRNAs are developmentally regulated: Implications to mRNA stability and protein binding	15
The life cycle and enigmatic egress of coronaviruses	15
Fc‐conjugated C‐type lectin receptors: Tools for understanding host–pathogen interactions	15
Proximity‐dependent biotinylation approaches to study apicomplexan biology	15
Targeted protein degradation at the host–pathogen interface	15
The soluble cytoplasmic N‐terminal domain of the FocA channel gates bidirectional formate translocation	15
cGMP homeostasis in malaria parasites—The key to perceiving and integrating environmental changes during transmission to the mosquito	15
Adaptivity and dynamics in type III secretion systems	14
Cytosolic detection of phagosomal bacteria—Mechanisms underlying PAMP exodus from the phagosome into the cytosol	14
The DNA transporter ComEC has metal‐dependent nuclease activity that is important for natural transformation	14
Anaerobic bacterial response to nitric oxide stress: Widespread misconceptions and physiologically relevant responses	14

Conserved domains can be found across distinct phage defence systems	14
Two‐component sensor histidine kinases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Beacons for niche navigation	13
Overexpression approaches to advance understanding of Candida albicans	13
Functional diversity of isoprenoid lipids in Methylobacterium extorquens PA1	13
MerA functions as a hypothiocyanous acid reductase and defense mechanism in Staphylococcus aureus	13
Expansion microscopy of apicomplexan parasites	13
Lipid droplet accumulation occurs early following Salmonella infection and contributes to intracellular bacterial survival and replication	13
Bacterial glycocalyx integrity drives multicellular swarm biofilm dynamism	13
From cells to atoms: Cryo‐EM as an essential tool to investigate pathogen biology, host–pathogen interaction, and drug discovery	13
Kinetics of CagA type IV secretion by Helicobacter pylori and the requirement for substrate unfolding	13
The anti‐sigma factor MucA is required for viability in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	12
Rotavirus activates MLKL‐mediated host cellular necroptosis concomitantly with apoptosis to facilitate dissemination of viral progeny	12
Diverse molecular mechanisms of transcription regulation by the bacterial alarmone ppGpp	12
A toolbox for conditional control of gene expression in apicomplexan parasites	12
PaeA (YtfL) protects from cadaverine and putrescine stress in Salmonella Typhimurium and E. coli	12
Single‐cell segmentation in bacterial biofilms with an optimized deep learning method enables tracking of cell lineages and measurements of growth rates	12
Escherichia coli induces DNA repair enzymes to protect itself from low‐grade hydrogen peroxide stress	12
Microfabrication and its use in investigating fungal biology	12
Coordinated regulation of TORC2 signaling by MCC/eisosome‐associated proteins, Pil1 and tetraspan membrane proteins during the stress response	12
Inter‐species lateral gene transfer focused on the Chlamydia plasticity zone identifies loci associated with immediate cytotoxicity and inclusion stability	11
A framework for signaling throughout the life cycle of Babesia species	11
The zinc cluster transcription factor Czf1 regulates cell wall architecture and integrity in Candida albicans	11
The Rgg1518 transcriptional regulator is a necessary facet of sugar metabolism and virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae	11
Advantages and limitations of UV cross‐linking analysis of protein–RNA interactomes in microbes	11
Negative regulation of MurZ and MurA underlies the essentiality of GpsB‐ and StkP‐mediated protein phosphorylation in Streptococcus pneumoniaeD3	11
The zinc finger protein StMR1 affects the pathogenicity and melanin synthesis of Setosphaeria turcica and directly regulates the expression of DHN melanin synthesis pathway genes	11
The transmembrane α‐helix of LptC participates in LPS extraction by the LptB2FGC transporter	11
The emerging oral pathogen, Filifactor alocis, extends the functional lifespan of human neutrophils	11
Spatial and temporal localization of cell wall associated pili in Enterococcus faecalis	10
Contribution of a ZIP‐family protein to manganese uptake and infective endocarditis virulence in Streptococcus sanguinis	10
Right place, right time: Environmental sensing and signal transduction directs cellular differentiation and motility in Trypanosoma brucei	10
Structural and biochemical characterizations of the novel autolysin Acd24020 from Clostridioides difficile and its full‐function catalytic domain as a lytic enzyme	10
Mrr1 regulation of methylglyoxal catabolism and methylglyoxal‐induced fluconazole resistance in Candida lusitaniae	10
Three‐dimensional chromosome re‐modelling: The integral mechanism of transcription regulation in bacteria	10
Signals and signal transduction pathways in Entamoeba histolytica during the life cycle and when interacting with bacteria or human cells	10
Environmental sensing and regulation of motility in Toxoplasma	10
Non‐specific and specific DNA binding modes of bacterial histone, HU, separately regulate distinct physiological processes through different mechanisms	10
Motility control through an anti‐activation mechanism in Agrobacterium tumefaciens	10
Extreme C‐terminal element of SprA serine integrase is a potential component of the “molecular toggle switch” which controls the recombination and its directionality	10
Dual adhesive unipolar polysaccharides synthesized by overlapping biosynthetic pathways in Agrobacterium tumefaciens	10
Roles of RodZ and class A PBP1b in the assembly and regulation of the peripheral peptidoglycan elongasome in ovoid‐shaped cells of Streptococcus pneumoniaeD39	10
Selective nuclear export of mRNAs is promoted by DRBD18 in Trypanosoma brucei	10
High avidity drives the interaction between the streptococcal C1 phage endolysin, PlyC, with the cell surface carbohydrates of Group A Streptococcus	10
Gamma carbonic anhydrases are subunits of the mitochondrial complex I of diatoms	10
Escherichia coli SymE is a DNA‐binding protein that can condense the nucleoid	10
That's no moon, it's a Starship: Giant transposons driving fungal horizontal gene transfer	9
The Lyme disease spirochete can hijack the host immune system for extravasation from the microvasculature	9
Shigella flexnerisubverts host polarized exocytosis to enhance cell‐to‐cell spread	9
Escherichia coli K‐12 has two distinguishable PriA‐PriB replication restart pathways	9
AraC‐type regulators HilC and RtsA are directly controlled by an intestinal fatty acid to regulate Salmonella invasion	9
Cyclic di‐GMP signaling—Where did you come from and where will you go?	9
CsrA enters Hfq's territory: Regulation of a base‐pairing small RNA	9
A LysR‐type transcriptional regulator controls the expression of numerous small RNAs in Agrobacterium tumefaciens	9
Inflammasome and gasdermin signaling in neutrophils	9
The dual role of a multi‐heme cytochrome in methanogenesis: MmcA is important for energy conservation and carbon metabolism in Methanosarcina acetivorans	9
Amino acid divergence in the ligand‐binding pocket of Vibrio LuxR/HapR proteins determines the efficacy of thiophenesulfonamide inhibitors	9
Mycobacterial phosphodiesterase Rv0805 is a virulence determinant and its cyclic nucleotide hydrolytic activity is required for propionate detoxification	9
The TonB‐dependent uptake of pyrroloquinoline‐quinone (PQQ) and secretion of gluconate by Escherichia coli K‐12	9
CryoEM of bacterial secretion systems: A primer for microbiologists	9
Multi‐scale ensemble properties of the Escherichia coli RNA degradosome	9
Tick gut barriers impacting tick–microbe interactions and pathogen persistence	9
FabR senses long‐chain unsaturated fatty acids to control virulence in pathogen Edwardsiella piscicida	9
KAHRP dynamically relocalizes to remodeled actin junctions and associates with knob spirals in Plasmodium falciparum‐infected erythrocytes	9
Ca2+ entry at the plasma membrane and uptake by acidic stores is regulated by the activity of the V‐H+‐ATPase in Toxoplasma gondii	9
Antimicrobial resistance	9
PoxCbh, a novel CENPB‐type HTH domain protein, regulates cellulase and xylanase gene expression in Penicillium oxalicum	9
Interaction between transforming Theileria parasites and their host bovine leukocytes	8
The Sur7 cytoplasmic C terminus regulates morphogenesis and stress responses in Candida albicans	8
Proteins DotY and DotZ modulate the dynamics and localization of the type IVB coupling complex of Legionella pneumophila	8
σE controlled regulation of porin OmpU in Vibrio cholerae	8
Sirtuin GdSir2.4 participates in the regulation of rRNA transcription in the Giardia duodenalis parasite	8
Unlocking the potential of microbiome editing: A review of conjugation‐based delivery	8
Mutable yeast prion variants are stabilized by a defective Hsp104 chaperone	8
Hypothiocyanite and host–microbe interactions	8
LapB (YciM) orchestrates protein–protein interactions at the interface of lipopolysaccharide and phospholipid biosynthesis	8
BldD‐based bimolecular fluorescence complementation for in vivo detection of the second messenger cyclic di‐GMP	8
Autophosphorylation of the KaiC‐like protein ArlH inhibits oligomerization and interaction with ArlI, the motor ATPase of the archaellum	8
DNA damage checkpoint activation affects peptidoglycan synthesis and late divisome components in Bacillus subtilis	8
Epitranscriptome machinery in Trypanosomatids: New players on the table?	8
Bacteriophage λ RexA and RexB functions assist the transition from lysogeny to lytic growth	8

Malonate utilization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa affects quorum‐sensing and virulence and leads to formation of mineralized biofilm‐like structures	8
NADH dehydrogenases are the predominant phenazine reductases in the electron transport chain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa	8
Nuclear entry and egress of parvoviruses	8
Substrate usage determines carbon flux via the citrate cycle in Helicobacter pylori	8
Molecular insights into effector binding by DgoR, a GntR/FadR family transcriptional repressor of D‐galactonate metabolism in Escherichia coli	8
Discovery of a novel type IIb RelBE toxin‐antitoxin system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis defined by co‐regulation with an antisense RNA	8
Comprehensive characterization of purine and pyrimidine transport activities in Trichomonas vaginalis and functional cloning of a trichomonad nucleoside transporter	8
Loss of YggS (COG0325) impacts aspartate metabolism in Salmonella enterica	8
Genetic and structural validation of phosphomannomutase as a cell wall target in Aspergillus fumigatus	8
Fosmidomycin transport through the phosphate‐specific porins OprO and OprP of Pseudomonas aeruginosa	8
FliL and its paralog MotF have distinct roles in the stator activity of the Sinorhizobium meliloti flagellar motor	8
Roles of the transcriptional regulators Fts1, YlNrg1, YlTup1, and YlSsn6 in the repression of the yeast‐to‐filament transition in the dimorphic yeast Yarrowia lipol	7
The novel protein ScrA acts through the SaeRS two‐component system to regulate virulence gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus	7
Carbon catabolite repression on the Rgg2/3 quorum sensing system in Streptococcus pyogenes is mediated by PTSMan and Mga	7
A single system detects and protects the beneficial oral bacterium Streptococcus sp. A12 from a spectrum of antimicrobial peptides	7
Importance of aspartyl protease 5 in the establishment of the intracellular niche during acute and chronic infection of Toxoplasma gondii	7
The pathway of recombining short homologous ends in Escherichia coli revealed by the genetic study	7
Two ABC transport systems carry out peptide uptake in Enterococcus faecalis: Their roles in growth and in uptake of sex pheromones	7
Heterogeneity of the group B streptococcal type VII secretion system and influence on colonization of the female genital tract	7
OmpR coordinates the expression of virulence factors of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in the alimentary tract of Caenorhabditis elegans	7
Transcription regulates ribosome hibernation	7
Comparative genomics provides structural and functional insights into Bacteroides RNA biology	7
Listeria monocytogenes two component system PieRS regulates secretion chaperones PrsA1 and PrsA2 and enhances bacterial translocation across the intestine	7
Bacterial approaches to sensing and responding to respiration and respiration metabolites	7
Chaperone‐mediated coupling of subunit availability to activation of flagellar Type III secretion	7
Pseudomonas aeruginosa post‐translational responses to elevated c‐di‐GMP levels	7
Challenges in defining the functional, non‐coding, expressed genome of members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex	7
Phenazines and toxoflavin act as interspecies modulators of resilience to diverse antibiotics	7
Evidence for dynamic in vivo interconversion of the conformational states of IscU during iron–sulfur cluster biosynthesis	7
Unraveling novel roles of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcription factor Rv0081 in regulation of the nucleoid‐associated proteins Lsr2 and EspR, cholestero	7
Minor pilins are involved in motility and natural competence in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	7
The novel repressor Rce2 competes with Ace3 to regulate cellulase gene expression in the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei	7
Moving metals: How microbes deliver metal cofactors to metalloproteins	7
Drosophila versus Mycobacteria: A model for mycobacterial host–pathogen interactions	7
Unraveling the antitrypanosomal mechanism of benznidazole and related 2‐nitroimidazoles: From prodrug activation to DNA damage	7
Mechanisms of chlorate toxicity and resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	7
Acetate and auto‐inducing peptide are independent triggers of quorum sensing in Lactobacillus plantarum	7
The periplasmic domains of Vibriocholerae ToxR and ToxS are forming a strong heterodimeric complex independent on the redox state of ToxR cysteines	7
Cell‐type‐specific hypertranslocation of effectors by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system	7
Anchors: A way for FtsZ filaments to stay membrane bound	7
The endogenous Coxiella burnetii plasmid encodes a functional toxin–antitoxin system	7
The MerR‐family regulator NmlR is involved in the defense against oxidative stress in Streptococcus pneumoniae	7
EPEC‐induced activation of the Ca2+ transporter TRPV2 leads to pyroptotic cell death	7
Novel Fus3‐ and Ste12‐interacting protein FsiA activates cell fusion‐related genes in both Ste12‐dependent and ‐independent manners in Ascomycete filamentous fungi	7
Fatty acids can inhibit Staphylococcus aureus SaeS activity at the membrane independent of alterations in respiration	7
Transcription–translation coupling: Recent advances and future perspectives	7
Genome‐wide identification of Streptococcus sanguinis fitness genes in human serum and discovery of potential selective drug targets	7
The complex Tup1‐Cyc8 bridges transcription factor ClrB and putative histone methyltransferase LaeA to activate the expression of cellulolytic genes	7
Cortactin: A universal host cytoskeletal target of Gram‐negative and Gram‐positive bacterial pathogens	7
Excess copper catalyzes protein disulfide bond formation in the bacterial periplasm but not in the cytoplasm	7