In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary ...

Researchers discovered lariocidin, a lasso peptide antibiotic that kills multidrug-resistant bacteria by binding a novel ...

A natural antibacterial molecule shows clinical promise. Its unusual binding site is on an excellent target: ...

Biologically active RNAs, including transport, ribosomal and small nuclear RNA (tRNA, rRNA, snRNAs) fold into unique structures guided by complementary pairing between nucleotide bases.

to "barcode" ribosomal RNA (rRNA) inside living cells. By writing genetic information directly into the 16S rRNA — a molecule universally found in bacteria — the researchers could track which microbes ...

They performed targeted PCR amplification followed by sequencing to analyze the chlamydial 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) locus and qPCR was used to detect gonococcal DNA in residual diagnostic swab eluates ...

Only recently has the ribosome—one of the oldest molecular machines in evolutionary terms—been recognized as an active ...