"We think the bacteria's ribosomes might be altering its structure just enough to prevent an antibiotic from binding effectively," says Anna Delgado-Tejedor, first author of the study and Ph.D ...

Bacteria modify their ribosomes when exposed to widely used antibiotics, according to research published today in Nature Communications. The subtle changes might be enough to alter the binding ...

These differences are exploited by antibiotics, which are designed to inhibit the prokaryotic ribosomes of infectious bacteria without affecting eukaryotic ribosomes, thereby not interfering with ...

Proteins form the structural and functional backbone of the cell, and any perturbation in their synthesis can disrupt normal ...

none were previously known to target the bacterial ribosome—the protein-making machinery itself. Gerry Wright and his research team discovered lariocidin by examining soil samples from a ...

The 'ribosome' plays a crucial role in orchestrating ... Interestingly, translation arrest in bacterial cells is often triggered by environmental factors such as the presence/absence of specific ...

Williams and Research Scientist Anton Petrov compared three-dimensional structures of ribosomes from a variety of species of varying biological complexity, including humans, yeast, bacteria and ...

What if we could fight climate change using bacteria that live on air? That's the vision behind a newly funded international research project led by ...

The new molecule, called lariocidin, works by targeting a part of a bacteria’s cell called the ribosome and can disrupt the cell’s functions. "This is a new molecule with a new mode of action.