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Chromatin Condensation: The Master Switch for Latency

Sarah Fortune of Harvard University will research whether chromatin crystallization, in which DNA condenses into a protective matrix due to environmental stress, occurs in tuberculosis and is a characteristic of latent organisms.

More information about Explore the Basis of Latency in Tuberculosis (Round 1)

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