New antibiotic candidates from Braunschweig, Germany

Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 11:35 in Biology & Nature

A group of antibiotic natural products discovered at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig points out a new mode of action against pathogenic bacteria. Isolated from myxobacteria, the substances prevent an enzyme of the pathogens from being able to translate their genetic material...

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