Researchers find molecular switch that triggers bacterial pathogenicity

Friday, July 29, 2016 - 15:01 in Health & Medicine

The supercoiling of bacterial chromosomes around histone-like proteins can trigger the expression of genes that make the microbe invasive, new research shows. The discovery could provide a new target for the development of drugs to prevent or treat bacterial infection, say scientists.

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