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A Repeat-Associated Small RNA Controls the Major Virulence Factors of Helicobacter pylori.
Molecular cell - 15 Oct 2020
Eisenbart Sara K, Alzheimer Mona, Pernitzsch Sandy R, Dietrich Sascha, Stahl Stephanie, Sharma Cynthia M
Abstract excerpt
Many bacterial pathogens regulate their virulence genes via phase variation, whereby length-variable simple sequence repeats control the transcription or coding potential of those genes. Here, we have exploited this relationship between DNA structure and physiological function to discover a globally acting small RNA (sRNA) regulator of virulence in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Our study reports the...
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