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A bacterial small RNA controls the switch between chronic and acute infection

Bacterial infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa can shift between chronic and acute. An investigation of P. aeruginosa gene expression during human infection identified a small RNA that is expressed in low-oxygen conditions and controls this transition.

This is a summary of: Cao, P. et al. A Pseudomonas aeruginosa small RNA regulates chronic and acute infection. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06111-7 (2023).

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01510-2

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