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ArticleScience advances2026

Premature transcription termination modulates stochastic gene expression in bacteria.

Shafagh Moradian, Nida Ali, Rahul Jagadeesan, Volker Behrends, Andre Sanches Ribeiro, Christoph Engl

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Article in Science advances, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shafagh MoradianSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0009-0000-6415-7902
Nida AliSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0009-0009-2216-6021
Rahul JagadeesanLaboratory of Biosystems Dynamics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-9537-4221
Volker BehrendsSchool of Medicine and Biosciences, University of West London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4855-5497
Andre Sanches RibeiroLaboratory of Biosystems Dynamics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-7255-5211
Christoph EnglSchool of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0335-267X

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria regulate transcription by controlling its initiation and prematurely terminating it through attenuation. Transcriptional regulation produces RNA bursts defined by size and frequency. While bursting via regulated initiation is well characterized, how attenuation shapes burst dynamics remains poorly understood. We show that in

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Bacillus subtilisEscherichia coliGene Expression Regulation, BacterialTranscription, GeneticTranscription Termination, GeneticOperonStochastic ProcessesTryptophanTryptophan

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PMID42139344
PMCPMC13178558

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