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An Insoluble De Novo Protein Enables Survival of E. coli by Co-precipitating with a Gene Repressor
Guanyu Liao, Sha Tao, Jessica L. Dessau…·Michael H. Hecht
The paper identifies a de novo protein, Resc4, that rescues E. coli growth by upregulating an alternative enzyme through co-precipitation with a gene repressor.
DOI 10.64898/2026.01.02.697383