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Alyssa M. Ekdahl

The University of Texas at AustinORCID 0000-0003-0683-9336Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 1 Molecular Biology· 1 Systems Biology· 1

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Assay:ChIP-seq· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Lydia M. ContrerasiD· 3 shared Lydia FreddolinoiD· 2 shared Abigail N. Leistra· 1 shared Agata Turula· 1 shared Alejandra Matsuri Rojano-NisimuraiD· 1 shared Isabella Joseph· 1 shared Jeremy W. SchroederiD· 1 shared Judith F. Kribelbauer-SwietekiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintAug 23, 2025

Conserved Heterochromatin-like Structures with Local Regulators Mediate the Iron Stress Response in Mycobacteria

Alyssa M. Ekdahl, Agata Turula, Jeremy W. Schroeder…·Lydia M. Contreras

The paper maps the protein-DNA landscape of M. bovis BCG under iron starvation, revealing conserved heterochromatin-like structures and their role in stress response gene regulation.

1 citation

mousehuman

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Systems BiologyNucleic Acids ResearchPeer-reviewedJul 8, 2025

Multiscale regulation of nutrient stress responses in Escherichia coli from chromatin structure to small regulatory RNAs

Alyssa M. Ekdahl, Tatiana Julien, Sahana Suraj…·Lydia M. Contreras

The paper identifies nutrient stress response mechanisms in E. coli by integrating chromatin structure and small regulatory RNA data, revealing novel transcription factor-sRNA interactions.

2 citations

E. coliChIP-seq

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintMar 29, 2023

CsrA Shows Selective Regulation of sRNA-mRNA Networks

Alejandra Matsuri Rojano-Nisimura, Trevor R. Simmons, Abigail N. Leistra…·Lydia M. Contreras

The paper identifies new CsrA interactions with sRNAs and demonstrates their regulatory effects on mRNA targets.

3 citations

bacteria (other)experimental assay

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