Metabolomics reveals potential drug targets for bacteria causing urinary tract infections
Friday, February 20, 2009 - 08:49
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Washington have determined two molecules that enable Escherichia coli (E. coli), the bacteria that cause many urinary tract infections (UTIs), to survive and reproduce, thereby providing possible new targets for antibiotic therapy. These molecules, called siderophores, are discussed in a study published 20th February in the open-access journal PLoS Pathogens...
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