Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs): what they do and how they work

CM Johnson, AD Grossman - Annual review of genetics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Horizontal gene transfer plays a major role in microbial evolution, allowing microbes to
acquire new genes and phenotypes. Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs, aka …

Viruses of archaea: structural, functional, environmental and evolutionary genomics

M Krupovic, V Cvirkaite-Krupovic, J Iranzo… - Virus research, 2018 - Elsevier
Viruses of archaea represent one of the most enigmatic parts of the virosphere. Most of the
characterized archaeal viruses infect extremophilic hosts and display remarkable diversity of …

An anti-CRISPR viral ring nuclease subverts type III CRISPR immunity

JS Athukoralage, SA McMahon, C Zhang, S Grüschow… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The CRISPR system in bacteria and archaea provides adaptive immunity against mobile
genetic elements. Type III CRISPR systems detect viral RNA, resulting in the activation of …

Structural and functional studies of archaeal viruses

CM Lawrence, S Menon, BJ Eilers, B Bothner… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Viruses populate virtually every ecosystem on the planet, including the extreme acidic,
thermal, and saline environments where archaeal organisms can dominate. For example …

Identification of rare slipknots in proteins and their implications for stability and folding

NP King, EO Yeates, TO Yeates - Journal of molecular biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Among the thousands of known three-dimensional protein folds, only a few have been found
whose backbones are in knotted configurations. The rarity of knotted proteins has important …

Structure of the membrane proximal oxidoreductase domain of human Steap3, the dominant ferrireductase of the erythroid transferrin cycle

AK Sendamarai, RS Ohgami… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
The daily production of 200 billion erythrocytes requires 20 mg of iron, accounting for nearly
80% of the iron demand in humans. Thus, erythroid precursor cells possess an efficient …

Archaeal viruses from high-temperature environments

JH Munson-McGee, JC Snyder, MJ Young - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Archaeal viruses are some of the most enigmatic viruses known, due to the small number
that have been characterized to date. The number of known archaeal viruses lags behind …

Particle Assembly and Ultrastructural Features Associated with Replication of the Lytic Archaeal Virus Sulfolobus Turreted Icosahedral Virus

SK Brumfield, AC Ortmann, V Ruigrok, P Suci… - Journal of …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Little is known about the replication cycle of archaeal viruses. We have investigated the
ultrastructural changes of Sulfolobus solfataricus P2 associated with infection by Sulfolobus t …

Viruses in extreme environments, current overview, and biotechnological potential

JF Gil, V Mesa, N Estrada-Ortiz, M Lopez-Obando… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
Virus research has advanced significantly since the discovery of the tobacco mosaic virus
(TMV), the characterization of its infection mechanisms and the factors that determine their …

Transcriptome Analysis of Infection of the Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus with Sulfolobus Turreted Icosahedral Virus

AC Ortmann, SK Brumfield, J Walther… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Microarray analysis of infection by Sulfolobus t urreted i cosahedral v irus (STIV) revealed
insights into the timing and extent of virus transcription, as well as differential regulation of …