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A new control mechanism for genetic code translation discovered in bacteria

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 19.02.2008

A new control mechanism for genetic code translation discovered in bacteria

Researchers at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) have discovered that an essential molecular process, namely the determination of the start of protein synthesis, until now considered to be the same for all living organisms, differs in the bacteria Mycoplasma penetrans, a human pathogen that affects the respiratory tract. M. penetrans affects immuno-depressed patients, such as those infected by the HIV virus and some cancer patients. The results of this study, that might be useful for the design of new antibiotics, have been published in the latest issue of Molecular Cell.