Scholars@Duke
Aruna Menon

Scholarly Works - Preprints

Deep sequencing reveals subpopulation dynamics associated with treatment failure in a rare non-tuberculous mycobacterial infection

Preprint · August 12, 2026 AbstractBackgroundNontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are an increasingly common group of pathogens that remain challenging to diagnose ... Full text Cite

The antagonistic transcription factors, EspM and EspN, regulate the ESX-1 secretion system in M. marinum

Preprint · 2024 Bacterial pathogens use protein secretion systems to transport virulence factors and regulate gene expression. Among pathogenic mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium marinum, ESX-1 (ESAT-6 system 1) secretion is crucial for ... Full text Cite