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  1. We start #clostpath14 with #toxins from a diverse range of Clostridia, with Sabine Pellet giving an overview on distinct subclass of #botulinum neurotoxins

  2. In issue 13:
    Highlight on #FBXL4 E3 controlling basal mitophagy via NIX/#BNIP3 degradation
    #Salicylic acid attenuates #brassinosteroid signaling by removing S-acylation from proteins
    #Nucleoporin foci as stress-sensitive condensates
    Mechanism of #botulinum #neurotoxin presynaptic targeting
    Cover: Natalia Prevarskaya and coworkers
    embopress.org/toc/14602075/202

  3. How do #botulinum toxins get to nerve ends to mediate #neurointoxication?
    F. Meunier Lab shows that BoNT/A uptake into #synaptic #vesicles is via hijacking of a tripartite membrane nanocluster of #polysialogangliosides, #synaptotagmin and glycoprotein SV2
    embopress.org/doi/10.15252/emb

  4. #JustPublished!
    #ECDC's overview of recent cases of #botulism in Europe, linked to weight loss medical interventions performed in Türkiye.

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    RT @ECDC_Outbreaks: #JustPublished!
    #Botulism cases in Europe following medical interventions with #botulinum neurotoxin.

    67 cases of botulism linked to intragastric injection of the botulism neurotoxin (#BoNT) have been reported in DE (12), AU (1), CH (1) & TR (53).

    ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-events/

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/ECDC_EU/statu