Bacterial insomnia: NMR finds dormancy inhibitors
 

Bacterial insomnia: NMR finds dormancy inhibitors

http://www.spectroscopynow.com/commo...58f352cd4d.jpgNuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and other techniques have allowed an international team to reveal compounds that inhibit the bacterial ability to become dormant. Their work shows for the first time an oxygen-sensitive toxin-antitoxin system that might lead the way to new drugs to defeat bacterial resistance.

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