Breakthrough in understanding the genetic mechanisms that allow bacteria to build resistance to drugs (IMAGE)

John Innes Centre

Breakthrough in understanding the genetic mechanisms that allow bacteria to build resistance to drugs

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Caption: A visual depiction of the KorB-KorA mechanism. The KorB protein (green) is trapped by its partner protein KorA (pink) on plasmid DNA (cyan). This prevents RNA polymerase (grey) from binding DNA and ultimately results in gene repression

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Matthew Clark

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