Could a gene regulatory network in gut microbes have evolved its elaborate and tightly regulated molecular machinery only to ...

Scientists at La Trobe University have discovered how a diarrhoea-causing strain of bacteria uses “molecular scissors” to cut ...

The proteasome is a microscopic barrel-shaped machine found in every cell of the human body. For decades, scientists only ...

A University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and protects replicating DNA in dividing cells. This new structural and ...

Acquired resistance genes may allow bacteria to degrade or chemically modify antibiotics, rendering them ineffective. They ...