News tagged with polymerase
Study Shows How Antibiotic Sets Up Road Block To Kill Bacteria
Oct 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have taken a critical step toward the development of new and more effective antibacterial drugs by identifying exactly how a specific antibiotic sets up a road block that halts bacterial growth.
Study shows how antibiotic sets up road block to kill bacteria
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Oct 22, 2008 |
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Scientists have taken a critical step toward the development of new and more effective antibacterial drugs by identifying exactly how a specific antibiotic sets up a road block that halts bacterial growth.
Molecule stops DNA replication in its tracks
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Oct 20, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a dividing cell duplicates its genetic material, a molecular machine called a sliding clamp travels along the DNA double helix, tethering the proteins that perform the replication. Researchers ...
E. coli discovery could lead to new antibacterial target
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Northeastern University scientists have discovered a new and unique DNA binding property of a protein in E. coli. Penny J. Beuning, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, spent the last two ...
A new look at how genes unfold to enable their expression
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Jul 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers have uncovered surprising new information about the process by which genes are unwrapped and exposed so that they can be expressed.
