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This Progress article looks at recent developments in our understanding of the role of the host factor Alix in both retroviral and cellular membrane budding and fission events.
Accurately predicting the emergence of antibiotic resistance will be crucial to prolonging the clinical life of new antimicrobial molecules. Here, the authors propose methodological guidelines that should allow researchers to predict the development of resistance to an antibiotic before its therapeutic introduction.