Subscribe to our Newsletters !!

    Drug Discovery & Pharmaceuticals | Molecular & Structural Biology | Biochemistry Tags: Antibiotic

    Study shows the effect of ‘reverse antibiotic’ on gram-negative bacteria

    Researchers from Skoltech and MSU have investigated antibiotic nybomycin that could prove effective against bacteria resistant to other antibiotics. Their research was published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. All bacterial cells contain topoisomerases, a significant group of enzymes that help deal with spatial problems stemming from bacterial cell division related to circular DNA