This work was supported in part by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China(2012CB721102,2013CB734000);the Natural Science Foundation for Youth(31300034);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31270056,31430004 and 31421061);LX.Z.is an Awardee of the National Distinguished Young Scholar Program in China(31125002).
The complete genome of methanol-utilizing Amycolatopsis methanolica strain 239T was generated,revealing a single 7,237,391 nucleotide circular chromosome with 7074 annotated protein-coding sequences(CDSs).Comparative ...
supported by the Basic Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2012CB721102);the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant No:KJZD-EW-L02);the Key Laboratory on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosafety in Wuhan
The year 2015 marks 100 years since Dr.Frederick Twort discovered the"filterable lytic factor",which was later independently discovered and named "bacteriophage" by Dr.Felix d’Herelle.On this memorable centennial,it ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31400126);Basic Research Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (No. 2012CB721102);Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KJZD-EW-L02);Open Research Fund Program of the State Key Laboratory of Virology of China (No. 2014IOV002);Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosafety, Wuhan
The novel phage lysin PlySs2, is reported to be highly active against various bacteria, including staphylococci, streptococci and Listeria. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying its broad lytic spectrum remain ...
supported by the National Key Basic Research Programs of China(Nos.2012CB910300, 2012CB721102,2013CB911204,and 2013CB945400);the National Natural Foundation of China(No.31030042);the Shanghai Basic Research Fund(Nos.11JC1401100 and 13XD 1400500).
Mounting evidence suggests that cellular metabolites, in addition to being sources of fuel and macromolecular substrates, are actively involved in signaling and epigenetic regulation. Many metabolites, such as cyclic ...