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Erin Purcell
@erinpurcell.bsky.social
I study enzymes that work in bacteria that live in humans and occasionally get vertigo from zooming in and out of different scales. My group is focused on stress survival in C. difficile.
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We identified some specific jobs our favorite signaling molecule, produced by one of our two favorite enzymes, does in helping C. difficile survive and thrive in an environment that is actively trying to kill it. #Cdiff#MicroSky#MicrobiomeSky
I'm not yet in the habit of tooting my own professional horn on Bluesky the way I was elsewhere, and this paper official came out while I was on vacation, but that neglect doesn't mean I'm any less excited about it! www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour...
RelQ-mediated alarmone signalling regulates growth, stress-induced biofilm formation and spore accumulation in Clostridioides difficile
The bacterial stringent response (SR) is a conserved transcriptional reprogramming pathway mediated by the nucleotide signalling alarmones, (pp)pGpp. The SR has been implicated in antibiotic survival ...
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Erin Purcell
@erinpurcell.bsky.social
I study enzymes that work in bacteria that live in humans and occasionally get vertigo from zooming in and out of different scales. My group is focused on stress survival in C. difficile.
She/her; all views mine.
261 followers379 following87 posts