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By Basic Sciences department

Biochemistry

Pathogenic bacteria experience pervasive RNA polymerase backtracking during infection. mBio.
Kaitlyn Browning*, Houra Merrikh*.
Structure-Based Discovery of Potent, Orally Bioavailable Benzoxazepinone-Based WD Repeat Domain 5 Inhibitors. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.

Kevin Teuscher, Jonathan Mills, Jianhua Tian, Changho Han, Kenneth Meyers, Jiqing Sai, Taylor South, Mackenzie Crow, Mayme Van Meveren, John Sensintaffar, Bin Zhao, Kangsa Amporndanai, William Tansey, Taekyu Lee, Stephen Fesik*.

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Bovine Serum Albumin Elicits IL-33–Dependent Adipose Tissue Eosinophilia: Potential Relevance to Ovalbumin-induced Models of Allergic Disease. ImmunoHorizons.

Heather Caslin*, Reid Bolus*, Christopher Thomas, Shinji Toki, Allison Norlander, Stokes Peebles Jr., Alyssa Hasty*.
Identification of Structural Motifs Critical for Human G6PC2 Function Informed by Sequence Analysis and an AlphaFold2-Predicted Model. Bioscience Reports.
Richard O'Brien*, Emily Hawes, Derek Claxton, James Oeser.
Is space the final frontier for mitochondrial study? BioTechniques. Kit Neikirk*, Dominique Stephens*, Heather Beasley, Andrea Marshall, Jennifer Gaddy, Steven Damo, Antentor Hinton Jr.*
Neural Circuitries and Alcohol Use Disorder: Cutting Corners in the Cycle. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences.
Marie Doyle*, Anne Taylor, Danny Winder*.

Pharmacology

Call for Papers: Natural Products Driven Medicinal Chemistry. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.
Sandip Bharate (CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology), Craig Lindsley.

Other biomedical basic sciences papers

TCR signaling promotes formation of an STS1-Cbl-b complex with pH-sensitive phosphatase activity that suppresses T cell function in acidic environments. Immunity.
Yuan-Li Tsai* (University of California, San Francisco), John Kuriyan.
Altered Osteoblast Metabolism with Aging Results in Lipid Accumulation and Oxidative Stress Mediated Bone Loss. Aging and Disease.

Ananya Nandy*, Alison Richards, Santosh Thapa, Alena Akhmetshina, Nikita Narayani, Elizabeth Rendina-Ruedy*.

Highlighted in the VUMC Reporter.
An early-life microbiota metabolite protects against obesity by regulating intestinal lipid metabolism. Cell Host & Microbe.

Catherine Shelton*, Elizabeth Sing, Jessica Mo, Nicolas Shealy, Woongjae Yoo, Julia Thomas, Gillian Fitz, Pollyana Castro, Tara Hickman, Teresa Torres, Nora Foegeding, Jacob Zieba, Wade Calcutt, Simona Codreanu, Stacy Sherrod, John McLean, Sun Peck, Fan Yang, Nicholas Markham, Mariana Byndloss*.

Highlighted in the VUMC Reporter.
Development of LIBRA-seq for the guinea pig model system as a tool for the evaluation of antibody responses to multivalent HIV-1 vaccines. Journal of Virology.
Matthew Vukovich*, Nagarajan Raju, Alexandra Abu-Shmais, Kathryn Gripenstraw, Perry Wasdin, Ivelin Georgiev.

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