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Convergent evolution involving dimeric and trimeric dUTPases in pathogenicity island mobilization Jorge Donderis, Janine Bowring, Elisa Maiques, J. Rafael Ciges-Tomas, Christian Alite, Iltyar Mehmedov, María Angeles Tormo-Mas, José R. Penadés, Alberto Marina
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Chemical Science, 30 Sept 2017 DOI: 10.1039/C7SC02103H Journal Paper I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I03-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access Structural/mechanistic insights into the efficacy of non-classical β-lactamase inhibitors against extensively drug resistant Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical isolates Karina Calvopina, Philip Hinchliffe, Jurgen Brem, Kate J. Heesom, Samar Johnson, Ricky Cain, Christopher T. Lohans, Colin W. G. Fishwick, Christopher J. Schofield, James Spencer, Matthew B. Avison
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Scientific Reports, 7 Sept 2017 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12214-9 Journal Paper I02-Macromolecular Crystallography I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access 1.12 Å resolution crystal structure of the catalytic domain of the plasmid-mediated colistin resistance determinant MCR-2 Katie Coates, Timothy R. Walsh, James Spencer, Philip Hinchliffe
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Nature Communications, 8 Aug 2017 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00224-0 The key role of glutamate 172 in the mechanism of type II NADH:quinone oxidoreductase of Staphylococcus aureus Filipe M. Sousa, Filipa V. Sena, Ana P. Batista, Diogo Athayde, Jose A. Brito, Margarida Archer, A. Sofia F. Oliveira, Cláudio M. Soares, Teresa Catarino, Manuela M. Pereira
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Acs Catalysis, Aug 2017 DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.7b01924 Journal Paper I04-1-Macromolecular Crystallography (fixed wavelength) I04-Macromolecular Crystallography open access A novel approach to data collection for difficult structures: data management for large numbers of crystals with the BLEND software Anastasia Mylona, Stephen Carr, Pierre Aller, Isabel Moraes, Richard Treisman, Gwyndaf Evans, James Foadi
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Journal Of Virology, Aug 2017 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00378-17 A new class of hybrid secretion system is employed in Pseudomonas amyloid biogenesis Sarah L. Rouse, William J. Hawthorne, Jamie-Lee Berry, Dror S. Chorev, Sandra A. Ionescu, Sebastian Lambert, Fisentzos Stylianou, Wiebke Ewert, Uma Mackie, R. Marc L. Morgan, Daniel Otzen, Florian-Alexander Herbst, Per H. Nielsen, Morten Dueholm, Hagan Bayley, Carol V. Robinson, Stephen Hare, Stephen Matthews
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Targeting prolyl-tRNA synthetase to accelerate drug discovery against malaria, leishmaniasis, toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidiosis, and coccidiosis Vitul Jain, Manickam Yogavel, Haruhisa Kikuchi, Yoshiteru Oshima, Norimitsu Hariguchi, Makoto Matsumoto, Preeti Goel, Bastien Touquet, Rajiv S. Jumani, Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier, Karl Harlos, Christopher D. Huston, Mohamed-Ali Hakimi, Amit Sharma
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