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    • Investigated the role of transcription machinery processivity and transcription-translation coupling.

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    • Most Mtb transcripts show a drop-off in coverage within 200-500 nucleotides downstream of the start site, resulting in numerous incomplete RNAs.
    • Low intrinsic processivity of the Mtb transcription machinery, not Rho factors, primarily causes short RNA accumulation.
    • Transcription-translation coupling is essential for producing full-length protein-coding transcripts.

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    • The Mtb transcriptome is largely composed of incomplete RNA products.
    • Distinct transcriptional regulatory mechanisms in Mtb may be targeted for novel therapeutics.
    • Understanding these mechanisms is key to developing new anti-tuberculosis strategies.