Grynberg and Godzik assess the findings of two independent articles by Samudrala et al. and Arnold et al, remarking on the two teams' similar use of advanced machine learning to recognize unknown effectors of the type III secretion system.
Marijanovic et al. determine where normal prion protein converts to misfolded prion protein by analyzing the intracellular localization of PrPC and PrPSc.
Simon-Loriere et al. demonstrate the existence of preferential regions for recombination in the HIV-1 envelope gene when crossing sequences representative of strains observed to recombine in vivo.
Dong, Manfredini and Dimopoulos show that the Anopheles gambiae midgut microbiota can inhibit the infection of the mosquito through a mechanism involving the mosquito's immune system.
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