Molecular Microbiology

Article	Citations
Type IV secretion systems: Advances in structure, function, and activation	123
Copper tolerance in bacteria requires the activation of multiple accessory pathways	118
Activity, delivery, and diversity of Type VI secretion effectors	90
Combatting the evolution of antifungal resistance in Cryptococcus neoformans	75
Biogenesis and discharge of the rhoptries: Key organelles for entry and hijack of host cells by the Apicomplexa	57
A holin/peptidoglycan hydrolase‐dependent protein secretion system	56
The structure and mechanism of the bacterial type II secretion system	50
TonB‐dependent transporters in the Bacteroidetes: Unique domain structures and potential functions	43
Role of internalin proteins in the pathogenesis of Listeria monocytogenes	40
The PfAP2‐G2 transcription factor is a critical regulator of gametocyte maturation	40
Friends or enemies? The complicated relationship between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus	39
Mycobacteria–host interactions in human bronchiolar airway organoids	32
Precision‐cut lung slices: A powerful ex vivo model to investigate respiratory infectious diseases	31
Uncovering small membrane proteins in pathogenic bacteria: Regulatory functions and therapeutic potential	31
Significance of fucose in intestinal health and disease	30
Linking nutrient sensing and gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum blood‐stage parasites	30
Sulfane Sulfur is an intrinsic signal activating MexR‐regulated antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	29
Competence pili in Streptococcus pneumoniae are highly dynamic structures that retract to promote DNA uptake	27
ActS activates peptidoglycan amidases during outer membrane stress in Escherichia coli	27
Seizing control: How dense granule effector proteins enable Toxoplasma to take charge	27
Class A PBPs: It is time to rethink traditional paradigms	26
KH domain proteins: Another family of bacterial RNA matchmakers?	25
Inactivation of AdeABC and AdeIJK efflux pumps elicits specific nonoverlapping transcriptional and phenotypic responses in Acinetobacter baumannii	25
Bacterial type VII secretion: An important player in host‐microbe and microbe‐microbe interactions	25
Plasmodium sporozoites on the move: Switching from cell traversal to productive invasion of hepatocytes	25

The active repertoire of Escherichia coli peptidoglycan amidases varies with physiochemical environment	24
Live‐cell fluorescence imaging reveals dynamic production and loss of bacterial flagella	24
Mobilization of pdif modules in Acinetobacter: A novel mechanism for antibiotic resistance gene shuffling?	24
A recently isolated human commensal Escherichia coli ST10 clone member mediates enhanced thermotolerance and tetrathionate respiration on a P1 phage‐derived IncY plasmid	24
Geobacter sulfurreducens inner membrane cytochrome CbcBA controls electron transfer and growth yield near the energetic limit of respiration	24
Translation inhibition from a distance: The small RNA SgrS silences a ribosomal protein S1‐dependent enhancer	23
Role of the pyruvate metabolic network on carbohydrate metabolism and virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae	22
The fungal RABOME: RAB GTPases acting in the endocytic and exocytic pathways of Aspergillus nidulans (with excursions to other filamentous fungi)	22
Organization of peptidoglycan synthesis in nodes and separate rings at different stages of cell division of Streptococcus pneumoniae	22
In situ structure of the Caulobacter crescentus flagellar motor and visualization of binding of a CheY‐homolog	21
Cell division is antagonized by the activity of peptidoglycan endopeptidases that promote cell elongation	21
Conformation control of the histidine kinase BceS of Bacillus subtilis by its cognate ABC‐transporter facilitates need‐based activation of antibiotic resistance	21
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	21
Sphingolipids: Regulators of azole drug resistance and fungal pathogenicity	21
Vibrio fischeri siderophore production drives competitive exclusion during dual‐species growth	21
Single‐molecule tracking reveals that the nucleoid‐associated protein HU plays a dual role in maintaining proper nucleoid volume through differential interactions with chromosomal DNA	21
Riboswitch control of bacterial RNA stability	21
The assembly of β‐barrel membrane proteins by BAM and SAM	21
Molecular interactions between the intestinal microbiota and the host	20
Escherichia coli small heat shock protein IbpA is an aggregation‐sensor that self‐regulates its own expression at posttranscriptional levels	20
Host sensing and signal transduction during Toxoplasma stage conversion	20
The majority of the matrix protein TapA is dispensable for Bacillus subtilis colony biofilm architecture	20
The CWPS Rubik’s cube: Linking diversity of cell wall polysaccharide structures with the encoded biosynthetic machinery of selected Lactococcus lactis strains	20
The chemosensory systems of Vibrio cholerae	20
Staphylococcus aureus lacking a functional MntABC manganese import system has increased resistance to copper	20
Genes affecting the extension of chronological lifespan in Schizosaccharomyces pombe (fission yeast)	19
MltG activity antagonizes cell wall synthesis by both types of peptidoglycan polymerases in Escherichia coli	19
N‐glycosylation in Archaea—New roles for an ancient posttranslational modification	19
A protein phosphorylation module patterns the Bacillus subtilis spore outer coat	19
Depletion of the DarG antitoxin in Mycobacterium tuberculosis triggers the DNA‐damage response and leads to cell death	19
The McdAB system positions α‐carboxysomes in proteobacteria	19
Mutually constructive roles of Ail and LPS in Yersinia pestis serum survival	18
The switch complex ArlCDE connects the chemotaxis system and the archaellum	18
Widespread bacterial utilization of guanidine as nitrogen source	17
CRISPR interference identifies vulnerable cellular pathways with bactericidal phenotypes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis	17
Identification of a hormogonium polysaccharide‐specific gene set conserved in filamentous cyanobacteria	17
Alteration of protein homeostasis mediates the interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Staphylococcus aureus	17
CsrA regulation via binding to the base‐pairing small RNA Spot 42	17
LapG mediates biofilm dispersal in Vibrio fischeri by controlling maintenance of the VCBS‐containing adhesin LapV	17
Dual role of a (p)ppGpp‐ and (p)ppApp‐degrading enzyme in biofilm formation and interbacterial antagonism	17
Signals triggering prophage induction in the gut microbiota	16
PqsR‐independent quorum‐sensing response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027 outlier‐strain reveals new insights on the PqsE effect on RhlR activity	16
The 3′UTR‐derived sRNA RsaG coordinates redox homeostasis and metabolism adaptation in response to glucose‐6‐phosphate uptake in Staphylococcus aureus	16
Nutrient sensing in Leishmania: Flagellum and cytosol	16
ClpP1P2 peptidase activity promotes biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	16
The fungal‐specific histone acetyltransferase Rtt109 regulates development, DNA damage response, and virulence in Aspergillus fumigatus	16
Cell wall protein variation, break‐induced replication, and subtelomere dynamics in Candida glabrata	16
The soluble cytoplasmic N‐terminal domain of the FocA channel gates bidirectional formate translocation	15
Nonredundant functions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis chaperones promote survival under stress	15
Mining RNA‐seq data reveals the massive regulon of GcvB small RNA and its physiological significance in maintaining amino acid homeostasis in Escherichia coli	15

Revealing secrets of the enigmatic omega subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase	15
Contributions of F‐specific subunits to the F plasmid‐encoded type IV secretion system and F pilus	15
Inactivation of RNase P in Escherichia coli significantly changes post‐transcriptional RNA metabolism	15
Phase‐variable expression of pdcB, a phosphodiesterase, influences sporulation in Clostridioides difficile	15
Alanine metabolism in Bacillus subtilis	15
Understudied proteins and understudied functions in the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis—A major challenge in current research	15
Inhibition of Escherichia coli chromosome replication by rifampicin treatment or during the stringent response is overcome by de novo DnaA protein synthesis	14
Activation of biosynthetic gene clusters by the global transcriptional regulator TRI6 in Fusarium graminearum	14
Expanded role of the Cu‐sensing transcription factor Mac1p in Candida albicans	14
Fc‐conjugated C‐type lectin receptors: Tools for understanding host–pathogen interactions	14
Cytosolic detection of phagosomal bacteria—Mechanisms underlying PAMP exodus from the phagosome into the cytosol	14
uORF‐mediated riboregulation controls transcription of whiB7/wblC antibiotic resistance gene	14
RecA‐independent recombination: Dependence on the Escherichia coli RarA protein	14
A key cytosolic iron–sulfur cluster synthesis protein localizes to the mitochondrion of Toxoplasma gondii	14
Interaction with single‐stranded DNA‐binding protein localizes ribonuclease HI to DNA replication forks and facilitates R‐loop removal	13
Spatial regulation of protein A in Staphylococcus aureus	13
The Escherichia coli FadR transcription factor: Too much of a good thing?	13
Diminazene resistance in Trypanosoma congolense is not caused by reduced transport capacity but associated with reduced mitochondrial membrane potential	13
Manganese impairs the QoxABCD terminal oxidase leading to respiration‐associated toxicity	13
Adenovirus entry: Stability, uncoating, and nuclear import	13
The association between Hfq and RNase E in long‐term nitrogen‐starved Escherichia coli	13
Bacterial glycocalyx integrity drives multicellular swarm biofilm dynamism	13
Involvement of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa MexAB–OprM efflux pump in the secretion of the metallophore pseudopaline	13
Signaling pathways involved in environmental sensing in Trypanosoma cruzi	13
Kinetics of CagA type IV secretion by Helicobacter pylori and the requirement for substrate unfolding	13
Electrolocation? The evidence for redox‐mediated taxis in Shewanella oneidensis	13
Pseudouridines on Trypanosoma brucei mRNAs are developmentally regulated: Implications to mRNA stability and protein binding	13
The life cycle and enigmatic egress of coronaviruses	13
The DNA transporter ComEC has metal‐dependent nuclease activity that is important for natural transformation	13
H‐NS‐like proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa coordinately silence intragenic transcription	12
Adaptivity and dynamics in type III secretion systems	12
Specialized and shared functions of diguanylate cyclases and phosphodiesterases in Streptomyces development	12
A fresh look at mycobacterial pathogenicity with the zebrafish host model	12
Do reactive oxygen species or does oxygen itself confer obligate anaerobiosis? The case of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron	12
Targeted protein degradation at the host–pathogen interface	12
cGMP homeostasis in malaria parasites—The key to perceiving and integrating environmental changes during transmission to the mosquito	12
Genome‐wide analysis of in vivo CcpA binding with and without its key co‐factor HPr in the major human pathogen group A Streptococcus	12
Proximity‐dependent biotinylation approaches to study apicomplexan biology	12
From cells to atoms: Cryo‐EM as an essential tool to investigate pathogen biology, host–pathogen interaction, and drug discovery	12
Regulatory function of the novel transcription factor CxrC in Penicillium oxalicum	12
The Plasmodium falciparum parasitophorous vacuole protein P113 interacts with the parasite protein export machinery and maintains normal vacuole architecture	12
The anti‐sigma factor MucA is required for viability in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	11
Functional diversity of isoprenoid lipids in Methylobacterium extorquens PA1	11
Lipid droplet accumulation occurs early following Salmonella infection and contributes to intracellular bacterial survival and replication	11
Two‐component sensor histidine kinases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Beacons for niche navigation	11
Protein interactions within and between two F‐type type IV secretion systems	11
Mutations in enterobacterial common antigen biosynthesis restore outer membrane barrier function in Escherichia coli tol‐pal mutants	11
Anaerobic bacterial response to nitric oxide stress: Widespread misconceptions and physiologically relevant responses	11
PaeA (YtfL) protects from cadaverine and putrescine stress in Salmonella Typhimurium and E. coli	11
Conserved domains can be found across distinct phage defence systems	11
Bre1 and Ubp8 regulate H2B mono‐ubiquitination and the reversible yeast‐hyphae transition in Candida albicans	11
MerA functions as a hypothiocyanous acid reductase and defense mechanism in Staphylococcus aureus	10
A toolbox for conditional control of gene expression in apicomplexan parasites	10
Overexpression approaches to advance understanding of Candida albicans	10
Gamma carbonic anhydrases are subunits of the mitochondrial complex I of diatoms	10
The emerging oral pathogen, Filifactor alocis, extends the functional lifespan of human neutrophils	10
Deciphering the Che2 chemosensory pathway and the roles of individual Che2 proteins from Pseudomonas aeruginosa	10
Regulation outside the box: New mechanisms for small RNAs	10
Motility control through an anti‐activation mechanism in Agrobacterium tumefaciens	10
Microfabrication and its use in investigating fungal biology	10
Coordinated regulation of anthranilate metabolism and bacterial virulence by the GntR family regulator MpaR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa	10
Diverse molecular mechanisms of transcription regulation by the bacterial alarmone ppGpp	10
A framework for signaling throughout the life cycle of Babesia species	10
Molecular mechanisms controlling fructose‐specific memory and catabolite repression in lactose metabolism by Streptococcus mutans	10
Glucose availability dictates the export of the soluble and prion forms of Sup35p via periplasmic or extracellular vesicles	10
Mrr1 regulation of methylglyoxal catabolism and methylglyoxal‐induced fluconazole resistance in Candida lusitaniae	10
Signals and signal transduction pathways in Entamoeba histolytica during the life cycle and when interacting with bacteria or human cells	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
CryoEM of bacterial secretion systems: A primer for microbiologists	9
The zinc cluster transcription factor Czf1 regulates cell wall architecture and integrity in Candida albicans	9
Environmental sensing and regulation of motility in Toxoplasma	9
Right place, right time: Environmental sensing and signal transduction directs cellular differentiation and motility in Trypanosoma brucei	9
Structural and biochemical characterizations of the novel autolysin Acd24020 from Clostridioides difficile and its full‐function catalytic domain as a lytic enzyme	9
Escherichia coli induces DNA repair enzymes to protect itself from low‐grade hydrogen peroxide stress	9
Transcriptional regulation of the Nε‐fructoselysine metabolism in Escherichia coli by global and substrate‐specific cues	9
Comprehensive characterization of purine and pyrimidine transport activities in Trichomonas vaginalis and functional cloning of a trichomonad nucleoside transporter	9
Coordinated regulation of TORC2 signaling by MCC/eisosome‐associated proteins, Pil1 and tetraspan membrane proteins during the stress response	9
Selective nuclear export of mRNAs is promoted by DRBD18 in Trypanosoma brucei	9
High avidity drives the interaction between the streptococcal C1 phage endolysin, PlyC, with the cell surface carbohydrates of Group A Streptococcus	9

The actin cytoskeletal network plays a role in yeast prion transmission and contributes to prion stability	9
A LysR‐type transcriptional regulator controls the expression of numerous small RNAs in Agrobacterium tumefaciens	9
The novel phosphatase RosC catalyzes the last unknown step of roseoflavin biosynthesis in Streptomyces davaonensis	8
The Rgg1518 transcriptional regulator is a necessary facet of sugar metabolism and virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae	8
Mode of action of lipoprotein modification enzymes—Novel antibacterial targets	8
Expansion microscopy of apicomplexan parasites	8
Fosmidomycin transport through the phosphate‐specific porins OprO and OprP of Pseudomonas aeruginosa	8
Escherichia coli SymE is a DNA‐binding protein that can condense the nucleoid	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
Mycobacterial phosphodiesterase Rv0805 is a virulence determinant and its cyclic nucleotide hydrolytic activity is required for propionate detoxification	8
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	8
Substrate usage determines carbon flux via the citrate cycle in Helicobacter pylori	8
Inter‐species lateral gene transfer focused on the Chlamydia plasticity zone identifies loci associated with immediate cytotoxicity and inclusion stability	8
Extreme C‐terminal element of SprA serine integrase is a potential component of the “molecular toggle switch” which controls the recombination and its directionality	8
CsrA enters Hfq's territory: Regulation of a base‐pairing small RNA	8
Dual adhesive unipolar polysaccharides synthesized by overlapping biosynthetic pathways in Agrobacterium tumefaciens	8
Multi‐scale ensemble properties of the Escherichia coli RNA degradosome	8
Mutable yeast prion variants are stabilized by a defective Hsp104 chaperone	8
LapB (YciM) orchestrates protein–protein interactions at the interface of lipopolysaccharide and phospholipid biosynthesis	8
Contribution of a ZIP‐family protein to manganese uptake and infective endocarditis virulence in Streptococcus sanguinis	8
Amino acid divergence in the ligand‐binding pocket of Vibrio LuxR/HapR proteins determines the efficacy of thiophenesulfonamide inhibitors	8
Shigella flexneri subverts host polarized exocytosis to enhance cell‐to‐cell spread	8
DNA damage checkpoint activation affects peptidoglycan synthesis and late divisome components in Bacillus subtilis	8
PoxCbh, a novel CENPB‐type HTH domain protein, regulates cellulase and xylanase gene expression in Penicillium oxalicum	8
Revisiting the coupling of fatty acid to phospholipid synthesis in bacteria with FapR regulation	8
Magnaporthe oryzae nucleoside diphosphate kinase is required for metabolic homeostasis and redox‐mediated host innate immunity suppression	8
Chaperone‐mediated coupling of subunit availability to activation of flagellar Type III secretion	7
Evidence for dynamic in vivo interconversion of the conformational states of IscU during iron–sulfur cluster biosynthesis	7
σE controlled regulation of porin OmpU in Vibrio cholerae	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
Cell‐type‐specific hypertranslocation of effectors by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system	7
The pathway of recombining short homologous ends in Escherichia coli revealed by the genetic study	7
Carbon catabolite repression on the Rgg2/3 quorum sensing system in Streptococcus pyogenes is mediated by PTSMan and Mga	7
Genetic and structural validation of phosphomannomutase as a cell wall target in Aspergillus fumigatus	7
Ca2+ entry at the plasma membrane and uptake by acidic stores is regulated by the activity of the V‐H+‐ATPase in Toxoplasma gondii	7
KAHRP dynamically relocalizes to remodeled actin junctions and associates with knob spirals in Plasmodium falciparum‐infected erythrocytes	7
Molecular insights into effector binding by DgoR, a GntR/FadR family transcriptional repressor of D‐galactonate metabolism in Escherichia coli	7
Rotavirus activates MLKL‐mediated host cellular necroptosis concomitantly with apoptosis to facilitate dissemination of viral progeny	7
Acetate and auto‐inducing peptide are independent triggers of quorum sensing in Lactobacillus plantarum	7
EPEC‐induced activation of the Ca2+ transporter TRPV2 leads to pyroptotic cell death	7
The novel protein ScrA acts through the SaeRS two‐component system to regulate virulence gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus	7
That's no moon, it's a Starship: Giant transposons driving fungal horizontal gene transfer	7
The Lyme disease spirochete can hijack the host immune system for extravasation from the microvasculature	7
Challenges in defining the functional, non‐coding, expressed genome of members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex	7
Minor pilins are involved in motility and natural competence in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803	7
Interaction between transforming Theileria parasites and their host bovine leukocytes	7
The complex Tup1‐Cyc8 bridges transcription factor ClrB and putative histone methyltransferase LaeA to activate the expression of cellulolytic genes	7
SMC and the bactofilin/PadC scaffold have distinct yet redundant functions in chromosome segregation and organization in Myxococcus xanthus	7
Proteins DotY and DotZ modulate the dynamics and localization of the type IVB coupling complex of Legionella pneumophila	7
Negative regulation of MurZ and MurA underlies the essentiality of GpsB‐ and StkP‐mediated protein phosphorylation in Streptococcus pneumoniaeD3	7
The novel repressor Rce2 competes with Ace3 to regulate cellulase gene expression in the filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei	7
Importance of aspartyl protease 5 in the establishment of the intracellular niche during acute and chronic infection of Toxoplasma gondii	7
Malonate utilization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa affects quorum‐sensing and virulence and leads to formation of mineralized biofilm‐like structures	7
Sirtuin GdSir2.4 participates in the regulation of rRNA transcription in the Giardia duodenalis parasite	7
Inflammasome and gasdermin signaling in neutrophils	7
Phenazines and toxoflavin act as interspecies modulators of resilience to diverse antibiotics	7
Non‐specific and specific DNA binding modes of bacterial histone, HU, separately regulate distinct physiological processes through different mechanisms	7
OmpR coordinates the expression of virulence factors of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in the alimentary tract of Caenorhabditis elegans	7
Comparative genomics provides structural and functional insights into Bacteroides RNA biology	7
Discovery of a novel type IIb RelBE toxin‐antitoxin system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis defined by co‐regulation with an antisense RNA	7