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Genetic adaptation to amoxicillin in Escherichia coli: The limited role of dinB and katE
Bacteria can quickly adapt to sublethal concentrations of antibiotics Several stress and DNA repair genes contribute to this adaptation process However the pathways leading to adaptation by acquisition of de novo mutations remain poorly understood
Two transmembrane transcriptional regulators coordinate to activate chitin-induced natural transformation in Vibrio cholera
Transcriptional regulators are a broad class of proteins that alter gene expression in response to environmental stimuli Transmembrane transcriptional regulators TTRs are a subset of transcriptional regulators in bacteria that can directly regulate gene expression while remaining anchored in the membrane
Discovery of bimodal hepatitis B virus ribonuclease H and capsid assembly inhibitors
Hepatitis B virus HBV ribonuclease H RNaseH inhibitors are a potent class of antivirals that prevent degradation of the viral pregenomic RNA during reverse transcription and block formation of mature HBV DNAs
Clinical control in COPD and therapeutic implications: The EPOCONSUL audit
This study aimed to evaluate clinical control in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD the consequences in terms of treatment decisions and their potentially associated factors during followup of patients in reallife clinical practice
Multi-modal investigation reveals pathogenic features of diverse DDX3X missense mutations
De novo mutations in the RNA binding protein DDXX cause neurodevelopmental disorders including DDXX syndrome and autism spectrum disorder Amongst mutations identified to date half are missense While DDXX loss of function is known to impair neural cell fate how the landscape of missense mutations impacts neurodevelopment
Drug-Drug interactions prediction calculations between cardiovascular drugs and antidepressants for discovering the potential co-medication risks
Predicting DrugDrug Interactions DDIs enables cost reduction and time savings in the drug discovery process while effectively screening and optimizing drugs The intensification of societal aging and the increase in life stress have led to a growing number of patients suffering from both heart disease and depression These patients often need to use...
Virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulations identify repurposed drugs as potent inhibitors of Histone deacetylase 1: Implication in cancer therapeutics
Epigenetic processes are the critical events in carcinogenesis Histone modification plays a crucial role in gene expression regulation where histone deacetylases HDACs are key players in epigenetic processes Inhibiting HDACs has shown promise in modern cancer therapy
In silico drug repurposing at the cytoplasmic surface of human aquaporin 1
Aquaporin AQP is a key channel for water transport in peritoneal dialysis Inhibition of AQP could therefore impair water transport during peritoneal dialysis It is not known whether inhibition of AQP occurs unintentionally due to offtarget interactions of administered medications
Design of multi-epitope-based therapeutic vaccine candidates from HBc and HBx proteins of hepatitis B virus using reverse vaccinology and immunoinformatics approaches
The major problem in cases of chronic hepatitis B CHB is the failure of the patients immune response to eliminate the covalently closed circular DNA cccDNA minichromosome of hepatitis B virus HBV Epigenetic regulation involving the HBV core protein HBc and HBV X protein HBx influences the transcription and stability of the cccDNA minichromosome The...
Designing of an mRNA vaccine against high-risk human papillomavirus targeting the E6 and E7 oncoproteins exploiting immunoinformatics and dynamic simulation
Human papillomavirus and human papillomavirus have been associated with different lifethreatening cancers including cervical lung penal vulval vaginal anal and oropharyngeal cancers while cervical cancer is the most prominent one Several research studies have suggested that the oncoproteins E and E are the leading cause of cancers associated with...
