{
  "id": 10857565,
  "title": "The ArcZ small RNA activates SlyA production to control contact-dependent antibacterial killing and diffusible antifungal activity in Dickeya solani",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/the-arcz-small-rna-activates-slya-production-to-control-contact",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.28.754996v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Bacterial phytopathogens deploy diverse antimicrobial systems, including diffusible secondary metabolites and contact-dependent secretion apparatuses, to compete with coinhabiting microorganisms during host colonization. How the production of these distinct weapons is coordinated remains incompletely understood. Here, we identified a two-tier regulatory cascade by which the Hfq-dependent small…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}