mRNA Degradation Rates Are Coupled to Metabolic Status in <named-content content-type="genus-species">Mycobacterium smegmatis</named-content>

ABSTRACT The success of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a human pathogen is due in part to its ability to survive stress conditions, such as hypoxia or nutrient deprivation, by entering nongrowing states. In these low-metabolism states, M. tuberculosis can tolerate antibiotics and develop genetically...

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Main Authors: Diego A. Vargas-Blanco, Ying Zhou, L. Gregory Zamalloa, Tim Antonelli, Scarlet S. Shell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019-08-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00957-19