In this Review, we highlight important differences in the translational machinery of M. tuberculosis compared with E. coli, and also consider the role of leaderless translation in the ability of M. tuberculosis to establish latent infection and look at the experimental evidence that translational regulatory mechanisms operate in mycobacteria during stress adaptation.
https://academic.oup.com/nar/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nar/gky574/5045644
