Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are innate immunity molecules present in most invertebrate and vertebrate animals, but not in plants. Insects have up to 19 PGRPs, classified into short ...

Discover the importance of antibiotics, bacterial cell walls, and resistance mechanisms in fighting bacterial infections effectively.

The Committee of Animal Experiments at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine approved all experimental protocols and methods (permit no. 27-74). Healthy pre-ovulatory bovine uteri ...

The release of membrane vesicles (MVs) is a widespread phenomenon in prokaryotic cells. These spherical particles are 20–400 nm in a diameter and have been reported to facilitate a number of ...