Nature
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Staphylococcus aureus is major human pathogen. Its success relies on the multitude and redundancy of immune evasion strategies. In this behind the paper article we describe how a prophage-encoded glycosyltransferase was identified and how it is able to attenuate the immunogenicity of its substrate Wall teichoic acid.
Interactions: Magdalena Skipper
Magdalena Skipper is the Editor in Chief of Nature. She has spent over 15 years working for Nature Research in various roles at Nature Reviews Genetics, Nature, the Nature Partner Journals and Nature Communications.
Serendipitous encounters
If you meet an editor of the Nature journals they will likely assure you that to get published you just need good science. But, the truth is, there is some luck involved too, especially for interdisciplinary work. Sometimes editors accidentally come across gems of papers. Here are two such stories: