Originating from various environmental niches, large numbers of bacterial plasmids have been found carrying heavy metal and antibiotic resistance genes, degradation pathways and specific transporter g
A new approach for modulating gene expression, based on randomization of promoter (spacer) sequences, was developed. The method was applied to chromosomal genes in Lactococcus lactis and shown to gene
The monomer units in the Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus cell wall peptidoglycans differ in the nature of the third amino acid in the l-alanyl-γ-d-glutamyl-X-d-alanyl-d-alanine side chain,
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF A PUTATIVE ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS MONOOXYGENASE (CC_2132) FROM CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS CB15 AT 1.35 A RESOLUTION Descriptor: 1,2-ETHANEDIOL, Protein of unknown function with ferre