Skip to main content
Uncategorized

Opening new doors to combat bacterial infections

By 27 de April de 2011November 18th, 2020No Comments
< Back to news
 27.04.2011

Opening new doors to combat bacterial infections

In a study published this week in the American Society for Microbiology's journal Infection and Immunity, Eduard Torrens and his collaborator in Stockholm, Britt-Marie Sjöberg, looked at DNA synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a bacterial infection that is a frequent complication in many people with cystic fibrosis, and a common cause of death in those patients. Focusing on ribonucleotide reductase enzymes, which are essential for cell division with a high fidelity duplication of DNA – a critical step in the life cycle all types of organisms – the researchers studied the expression of each of these type of enzymes during aerobic and anaerobic growth of P. aeruginosa and their role during infection.