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Life’s Building Blocks
Mar 8, 2022
Gatekeeping heavy metals
Structural analysis of a protein responsible for metal transport reveals new…
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Aug 23, 2020
Pass it on
New work sheds light on the molecular signals that help mobile DNA elements spread in…
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Jul 30, 2020
Growing with the flow
Microscopy reveals how flotillin proteins help bacteria to grow by making their…
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Jul 22, 2020
Searching for errors
A new sequencing method is able to detect errors in molecules of RNA in bacteria.
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May 12, 2020
Defective enzyme weakens cell wall
A peptidoglycan-modifying enzyme with a missing helix impairs the…
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Oct 27, 2019
Zooming in on sporulation
New high-resolution images reveal elusive details of how bacteria produce…
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Oct 16, 2019
In the loop
A library of over 3,000 custom antibodies lifts the veil on the extracellular loops that…
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Sep 30, 2019
The iron key
A single atom of iron holds the key to regulating iron import in
Rhizobium
bacteria.
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Sep 28, 2019
Microscopic missiles
Certain bacteria can release tiny molecular machines that act as hypodermic…
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Sep 13, 2019
The phages strike back!
A new method is now set to identify the genes that help viruses evade…
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