Biological warfare in bacteria offers hope for new antibiotics
Date: 4.7.2009
Scientists are to study a group of **proteins** that are highly effective at **killing bacteria** and which could hold the key to developing new types of **antibiotics**.
The team, led by Professor Colin Kleanthous, from the University of York’s Department of Biology, will develop earlier research that suggests **colicins** use decoys to **mimic** key parts of the cells’ own protein machinery to evade their defences.
"University of York":[ http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2009/biological-warfare/]
