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Qingyun Liu, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has published a paper in Nature Communications<\/a> titled \u201cGenetically encoded transcriptional plasticity underlies stress adaptation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n

In a collaborative effort involving researchers from 黑料网-Chapel Hill, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Fudan University, the study was focused on unraveling the complex factors governing the transcriptional response in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), <\/em>the bacterial pathogen responsible for tuberculosis, which remains the leading cause of human death due to a single infectious agent, with more than 10.6 million new cases and 1.6 million deaths each year. \u00a0The study found significant transcriptional plasticity variation among Mtb genes, correlating with gene functions and essentiality. \u00a0They also found that gene length, GC content, and operon size independently constrain transcriptional plasticity.\u00a0 The findings may help prioritize gene candidates for drug targeting or mechanistic dissection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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