The CsrA virulence control hub (IMAGE)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The CsrA virulence control hub

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The spherical black objects are pathogenic bacteria, and the green dot within them represents a control hub containing multiple RNA molecules originated from virulence genes and a high concentration of CsrA that “decides” whether or not to express these genes 

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Lior Aroeti and Netanel Elbaz

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