Discovery of two new genes provides hope for stemming Staph infections
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 09:00
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of two genes that encode copper- and sulfur-binding repressors in the hospital terror Staphylococcus aureus means two new potential avenues for controlling the increasingly drug-resistant bacterium, scientists say in the April 15, 2011 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.