Bacteroides expand the functional versatility of a universal transcription factor and transcribed DNA to program capsule diversity
J. Saba, K. Flores, B. A. Marshall, M. D. Engstrom, Y. Peng, A. S. Garje, L. Comstock, R. Landick
The paper investigates how Bacteroides use the Y-Z regulatory system to control capsule polysaccharide (CPS) transcription and create subpopulations for fitness.
bioRxiv · Jun 21, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology