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Effect of saccharomycin, a natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae biocide, on Hanseni...
Calvário, Joana; Silva, Nelly; Almeida, M. Gabriela; Albergaria, Helena; Eaton, Peter; Macedo, Anjos; Caldeira, Jorge
Effect of saccharomycin, a natural Saccharomyces cerevisiae biocide, on Hanseni...
Calvário, Joana; Silva, Nelly; Almeida, M. Gabriela; Albergaria, Helena; Eaton, Peter; Macedo, Anjos L.; Caldeira, JorgeABSTRACT: During spontaneous wine fermentations, most of the non-Saccharomyces yeasts present in grape musts show an early decline in their population. It was traditionally assumed that Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S.c.) prevalence was due to the higher resistance of this species to ethanol. However, wine fermentations performed with single cultures of non-Saccharomyces strains showed that those strains could with...
The pseudo-circular genomes of Flaviviruses: structures, mechanisms, and functi...
De Falco, Louis; Silva, Nelly; Santos, Nuno C.; Huber, Roland G.; Martins, Ivo C.The circularization of viral genomes fulfills various functions, from evading host defense mechanisms to promoting specific replication and translation patterns supporting viral proliferation. Here, we describe the genomic structures and associated host factors important for flaviviruses genome circularization and summarize their functional roles. Flaviviruses are relatively small, single-stranded, positive-sen...
Dengue and Zika viruses : epidemiological history, potential therapies, and pro...
Silva, Nelly; Santos, Nuno C.; Martins, Ivo C.Dengue virus (DENV), which can lead to fatal hemorrhagic fever, affects 390 million people worldwide. The closely related Zika virus (ZIKV) causes microcephaly in newborns and Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults. Both viruses are mostly transmitted by Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which, due to globalization of trade and travel alongside climate change, are spreading worldwide, paving the way to ...