Beta amino acid allows salmonella to cause disease & resist antibiotics

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25 August 2011

"The inclusion of an atypical amino acid in their proteins allows Salmonella bacteria to resist certain antibiotics.

"University of Toronto scientists found that salmonella carries a beta version of an amino acid that produces proteins to allow the bacteria to cause infections, according to a study published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology."

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v476/n7361/full/476374e.html

http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/betaversion.htm

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