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Intricate Genetic Programs Controlling Dormancy in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • Eliza J.R. Peterson
  • , Abrar A. Abidi
  • , Mario L. Arrieta-Ortiz
  • , Boris Aguilar
  • , James T. Yurkovich
  • , Amardeep Kaur
  • , Min Pan
  • , Vivek Srinivas
  • , Ilya Shmulevich
  • , Nitin S. Baliga

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Abstract

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) persists within the host by counteracting disparate stressors including hypoxia. Peterson et al. report a transcriptional program that coordinates sequential state transitions to drive MTB in and out of hypoxia-induced dormancy. Among varied properties, this program encodes advanced preparedness to infect the host in favorable conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Article number107577
JournalCell Reports
Volume31
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 28 2020

Keywords

  • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
  • dormancy
  • gene regulatory network
  • granuloma
  • hypoxia
  • reactor
  • regulatory motifs
  • state transition
  • systems biology
  • transcriptional state

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