New Antibiotic Rargets on the RNA Molecule (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

New Antibiotic Rargets on the RNA Molecule

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Three antibiotics target the RNA polymerase "switch region," the hinge that mediates opening and closing (red in open state; yellow in partly closed state; green in fully closed state).

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Richard H. Ebright

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