The small non-coding RNA B11 regulates multiple facets of Mycobacterium abscessus virulence.
Mycobacterium abscessus causes severe disease in patients with Acrylic Shaking Stand cystic fibrosis.Little is known in M.abscessus about the roles of small regulatory RNAs (sRNA) in gene regulation.We show that the sRNA B11 controls gene expression and virulence-associated phenotypes in this pathogen.B11 deletion from the smooth strain ATCC_19977