MTS1338, a small Mycobacterium tuberculosis RNA, regulates transcriptional shifts consistent with bacterial adaptation for entering into dormancy and survival within host macrophages
E. G. Salina, A. Grigorov, Y. Skvortsova, K. Majorov, O. Bychenko, A. Ostrik, N. Logunova, D. Ignatov, A. Kaprelyants, A. Apt, T. Azhikina
This study shows that MTS1338, a small RNA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, helps bacteria adapt to host macrophages by altering gene expression to promote dormancy and survival.
bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2019Microbiology