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Donald Becker

University of Nebraska–LincolnORCID 0000-0002-1350-7201Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Assay:structural biology· 1

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Aromatic Patch in WhiB-Like Transcription Factors Facilitates Primary Sigma Factor Interaction in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Daisy Guiza Beltran, Tao Wan, Javier Seravalli, Magdaléna Horová, Camden Jones, Shanren Li, Pengchong Ma, Chloe Ong, Zhifang Lu, Donald Becker, Jeffrey P. Mower, Qiuming Yao, Yu Pan, Hongfeng Yu, Adrie J. C. Steyn, Limei Zhang

This study identifies an aromatic patch in Mtb Wbl proteins that mediates interaction with the primary sigma 70 factor, revealing a conserved binding mechanism and evolutionary relationship with actinobacterial phages.

Communications Biology · Feb 13, 2026Peer-reviewedBiochemistry