miércoles, 7 de agosto de 2019

New post from NIGMS Biomedical Beat Blog – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Source: Eva Mutunga and Kate Klein, University of the District of Columbia and National Institute of Standards and Technology. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License.​
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RNAP illustrated as a crab claw, clamping on a DNA double helix.

RNA Polymerase: A Target for New Antibiotic Drugs?

RNA Polymerase (RNAP) is the enzyme that reads the code in our DNA. All living beings rely on RNAP. Some disease-causing microbes have special forms of RNAP that scientists believe can be specifically targeted as a new way to treat infections.
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Profile pictures of NIGMS grantees Michael Boyce, Elizabeth Nance, James Olzmann, and Sohini Ramachandran.

NIGMS Grantees Receive Top U.S. Award in Science and Engineering

Four members of the NIGMS community are among the recipients of the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers: Michael Boyce, Elizabeth Nance, James Olzmann, and Sohini Ramachandran. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.

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