Unveiling the small protein landscape of uropathogenic E. coli
Wenting Liu, Rick Gelhausen, Lisa Werland, Elisabetta Fiore, Florian C Gruen, Eric Mersinger, Camila Cilveti, Timo Glatter, Cynthia Mira Sharma, Rolf Backofen, Jing Yuan
This study identifies 338 previously unannotated small open reading frames in UPEC strain CFT073, with functional evidence for nine intergenic sORFs and potential roles in stress response.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology