Gram-negative bacteria have become resistant to several antibiotics that target their membrane, including colistin and β-lactams, increasing the urgency of identifying alternative treatment options.

Two protein classes fold in the periplasmic space: membrane-anchored lipoproteins and soluble periplasmic residents, which freely diffuse and/or are peripherally associated with the PM or OM.

Mechanism of protective protein identified in fight against harmful bacteria Date: November 21, 2016 Source: University of Southampton Summary: A new understanding of a protein that plays an ...

The free EMOPEC web tool enables precise tuning of bacterial protein expression on the basis of small changes to the Shine-Dalgarno sequence; oligos can be generated to engineer expression of any ...

Hospital-acquired infections are a major challenge to patient safety. It is estimated that in 2002, a total of 1.7 million hospital-acquired infections occurred (4.5 per 100 admissions), 1 and ...

Jul 28, 2023: Turning bacteria into solar factories with semiconductor nanoclusters (Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of ...