Amyloid-Like β-Aggregates as Force-Sensitive Switches in Fungal Biofilms and Infections

Application of Yeast to Study the Tau and Amyloid-β Abnormalities of Alzheimer's Disease

(2018) Afsaneh Porzoor et al.   JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

Functional amyloids in Streptococcus mutans, their use as targets of biofilm inhibition and initial characterization of SMU_63c

(2017) Richard N Besingi et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Molecular stretching modulates mechanosensing pathways

(2017) Xian Hu et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Disentangling a Bad Reputation: Changing Perceptions of Amyloids

(2017) Miling Wang et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

A minimal length rigid helical peptide motif allows rational design of modular surfactants

(2017) Sudipta Mondal et al.   Nature Communications

Flow environment and matrix structure interact to determine spatial competition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

(2017) Carey D Nadell et al.   eLife

Current and future treatment of amyloid diseases

(2016) M. Ankarcrona et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Amyloid-β peptide protects against microbial infection in mouse and worm models of Alzheimer’s disease

(2016) Deepak Kumar Vijaya Kumar et al.   Science Translational Medicine

The Human Disease-Associated Aβ Amyloid Core Sequence Forms Functional Amyloids in a Fungal Adhesin

(2016) Rachele D. Rameau et al.   mBio

Catch-bond mechanism of the bacterial adhesin FimH

(2016) Maximilian M. Sauer et al.   Nature Communications

Dissecting the contribution of Staphylococcus aureus α-phenol-soluble modulins to biofilm amyloid structure

(2016) Patrizia Marinelli et al.   Scientific Reports

Optical and force nanoscopy in microbiology

(2016) Jie Xiao et al.   Nature Microbiology

Molecular Basis for Strain Variation in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Adhesin Flo11p

(2016) Subit Barua et al.   mSphere

Force Sensitivity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Flocculins

(2016) Cho X. J. Chan et al.   mSphere

Serum Amyloid P Component and Systemic Fungal Infection: Does It Protect the Host or Is It a Trojan Horse?

(2016) Stephen A. Klotz et al.   Open Forum Infectious Diseases

The Candida albicans agglutinin-like sequence family of adhesins: functional insights gained from structural analysis

(2015) Ernesto Cota et al.   Future Microbiology

The Tubular Sheaths EncasingMethanosaeta thermophilaFilaments Are Functional Amyloids

(2015) Morten S. Dueholm et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Yeast Prions: Structure, Biology, and Prion-Handling Systems

(2015) Reed B. Wickner et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

RNA Controls PolyQ Protein Phase Transitions

(2015) Huaiying Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Extracellular DNA facilitates the formation of functional amyloids inStaphylococcus aureusbiofilms

(2015) Kelly Schwartz et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Multiparametric imaging of adhesive nanodomains at the surface of Candida albicans by atomic force microscopy

(2015) Cécile Formosa et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

Forces in yeast flocculation

(2015) Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel et al.   Nanoscale

Quantitative Analyses of Force-Induced Amyloid Formation in Candida albicans Als5p: Activation by Standard Laboratory Procedures

(2015) Cho X. J. Chan et al.   PLoS One

Tunable assembly of amyloid-forming peptides into nanosheets as a retrovirus carrier

(2015) Bin Dai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Interactions by the Fungal Flo11 Adhesin Depend on a Fibronectin Type III-like Adhesin Domain Girdled by Aromatic Bands

(2015) Timo Kraushaar et al.   STRUCTURE

Bacterial Amyloid Formation: Structural Insights into Curli Biogensis

(2015) Nani Van Gerven et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Molecular Mechanism of Flocculation Self-Recognition in Yeast and Its Role in Mating and Survival

(2015) Katty V. Y. Goossens et al.   mBio

Chemical Signals and Mechanosensing in Bacterial Responses to Their Environment

(2015) Akshay K. Harapanahalli et al.   PLoS Pathogens

New insight into the molecular control of bacterial functional amyloids

(2015) Jonathan D. Taylor et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Functional bacterial amyloid increases Pseudomonas biofilm hydrophobicity and stiffness

(2015) Guanghong Zeng et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Integrative neurobiology of metabolic diseases, neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration

(2015) Gertjan van Dijk et al.   Frontiers in Neuroscience

A unique biofilm in human deep mycoses: fungal amyloid is bound by host serum amyloid P component

(2015) Melissa C Garcia-Sherman et al.   npj Biofilms and Microbiomes

Stress responses go three dimensional - the spatial order of physiological differentiation in bacterial macrocolony biofilms

(2014) Diego O. Serra et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Role of Force-Sensitive Amyloid-Like Interactions in Fungal Catch Bonding and Biofilms

(2014) Cho X. J. Chan et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Functional Analysis of the Accessory Protein TapA in Bacillus subtilis Amyloid Fiber Assembly

(2014) D. Romero et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Peptide-binding Cavity Is Essential for Als3-mediated Adhesion ofCandida albicansto Human Cells

(2014) Jing Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Peptide Detection of Fungal Functional Amyloids in Infected Tissue

(2014) Melissa C. Garcia-Sherman et al.   PLoS One

Curli biogenesis: Order out of disorder

(2013) Margery L. Evans et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Two forms and two faces, multiple states and multiple uses: Properties and applications of the self-assembling fungal hydrophobins

(2013) Qin Ren et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Heritable Remodeling of Yeast Multicellularity by an Environmentally Responsive Prion

(2013) Daniel L. Holmes et al.   CELL

Forces in Tissue Morphogenesis and Patterning

(2013) Carl-Philipp Heisenberg et al.   CELL

Protein Aggregation Behavior Regulates Cyclin Transcript Localization and Cell-Cycle Control

(2013) ChangHwan Lee et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Adhesins in Human Fungal Pathogens: Glue with Plenty of Stick

(2013) Piet W. J. de Groot et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Cellulose as an Architectural Element in Spatially Structured Escherichia coli Biofilms

(2013) D. O. Serra et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Microanatomy at Cellular Resolution and Spatial Order of Physiological Differentiation in a Bacterial Biofilm

(2013) D. O. Serra et al.   mBio

Selecting age-related functional characteristics in the human gut microbiome

(2013) Yemin Lan et al.   Microbiome

Unzipping a Functional Microbial Amyloid

(2012) David Alsteens et al.   ACS Nano

Single-Molecule Imaging and Functional Analysis of Als Adhesins and Mannans during Candida albicans Morphogenesis

(2012) Audrey Beaussart et al.   ACS Nano

The Amyloid State of Proteins in Human Diseases

(2012) David Eisenberg et al.   CELL

The Regulation of Filamentous Growth in Yeast

(2012) Paul J. Cullen et al.   GENETICS

Invasive Candidiasis: New Insights Presaging New Therapeutic Approaches?

(2012) M. B. Pepys   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

New Features of Invasive Candidiasis in Humans: Amyloid Formation by Fungi and Deposition of Serum Amyloid P Component by the Host

(2012) K. B. Gilchrist et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Functional amyloid formation by Streptococcus mutans

(2012) M. W. Oli et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Nanoscale analysis of caspofungin-induced cell surface remodelling in Candida albicans

(2012) Sofiane El-Kirat-Chatel et al.   Nanoscale

Toxic fibrillar oligomers of amyloid-  have cross-  structure

(2012) J. C. Stroud et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How Do Bacteria Know They Are on a Surface and Regulate Their Response to an Adhering State?

(2012) Henk J. Busscher et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Atomic Structures Suggest Determinants of Transmission Barriers in Mammalian Prion Disease

(2011) Marcin I. Apostol et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Structural Insights into Functional and Pathological Amyloid

(2011) Frank Shewmaker et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Flo11p, drug efflux pumps, and the extracellular matrix cooperate to form biofilm yeast colonies

(2011) Libuše Váchová et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Accelerated and Adaptive Evolution of Yeast Sexual Adhesins

(2011) X. Xie et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A Role for Amyloid in Cell Aggregation and Biofilm Formation

(2011) Melissa C. Garcia et al.   PLoS One

Structural basis for the broad specificity to host-cell ligands by the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans

(2011) P. S. Salgado et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Will biofilm disassembly agents make it to market?

(2011) Diego Romero et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Strengthening relationships: amyloids create adhesion nanodomains in yeasts

(2011) Peter N. Lipke et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity, biogenesis and function of microbial amyloids

(2011) Luz P. Blanco et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The Mechanism of VWF-Mediated Platelet GPIbα Binding

(2010) Matthew Auton et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Heterogeneous distribution of Candida albicans cell-surface antigens demonstrated with an Als1-specific monoclonal antibody

(2010) D. A. Coleman et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Exploring the sequence determinants of amyloid structure using position-specific scoring matrices

(2010) Sebastian Maurer-Stroh et al.   NATURE METHODS

Force-induced formation and propagation of adhesion nanodomains in living fungal cells

(2010) D. Alsteens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identifying the amylome, proteins capable of forming amyloid-like fibrils

(2010) Lukasz Goldschmidt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The catch bond mechanism between von Willebrand factor and platelet surface receptors investigated by molecular dynamics simulations

(2010) Gianluca Interlandi et al.   PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS

Epigenetics in the Extreme: Prions and the Inheritance of Environmentally Acquired Traits

(2010) Randal Halfmann et al.   SCIENCE

A Systematic Survey Identifies Prions and Illuminates Sequence Features of Prionogenic Proteins

(2009) Simon Alberti et al.   CELL

Yeast Cell Adhesion Molecules Have Functional Amyloid-Forming Sequences

(2009) Caleen B. Ramsook et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Structure and Function of Glycosylated Tandem Repeats from Candida albicans Als Adhesins

(2009) Aaron T. Frank et al.   EUKARYOTIC CELL

Characterization of Hwp2, a Candida albicans putative GPI-anchored cell wall protein necessary for invasive growth

(2009) Peter Hayek et al.   MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Surface hydrophobin prevents immune recognition of airborne fungal spores

(2009) Vishukumar Aimanianda et al.   NATURE

Small-molecule inhibitors target Escherichia coli amyloid biogenesis and biofilm formation

(2009) Lynette Cegelski et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Clustering of  5 1 integrins determines adhesion strength whereas  v 3 and talin enable mechanotransduction

(2009) P. Roca-Cusachs et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FLO1 Is a Variable Green Beard Gene that Drives Biofilm-like Cooperation in Budding Yeast

(2008) Scott Smukalla et al.   CELL

Spatial Clustering of the Curlin Secretion Lipoprotein Requires Curli Fiber Assembly

(2008) E. A. Epstein et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Candida albicans Cell Wall Proteins

(2008) W. L. Chaffin   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Therapeutic Strategies for Alzheimer’s Disease

(2008) Donna M. Barten et al.   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Beyond Induced-Fit Receptor-Ligand Interactions: Structural Changes that Can Significantly Extend Bond Lifetimes

(2008) Lina M. Nilsson et al.   STRUCTURE