Sentences with phrase «blocked by an antibiotic»

The plasmid, which directs the production of the thiopeptide antibiotic, also directs production of a spare part for the ribosome, a replacement for the part that is blocked by the antibiotic, which renders the ribosome insensitive to the antibiotic.

Since the sterilizing gene is blocked by an antibiotic called tetracycline, she added that mosquitoes might survive by being exposed to tetracycline outside of lab conditions and pass on their mutated genes to future generations.

Not exact matches

Watery Eyes: this is usually caused by a blocked tear duct and is not a concern unless the eyes become infected (let your Pediatrician know so that they can prescribe antibiotic eye drops).

Khosla and his colleagues have co-opted bacteria into making novel polyketides by creating novel building blocks that the bacteria take up and then modify into compounds resembling antibiotics (Science, 18 July 1997, p. 367).

This synthetic genome, named M. genitalium JCVI - 1.0, contains all the genes of wild - type M. genitalium G37 except MG408, which was disrupted by an antibiotic marker to block pathogenicity and to allow for selection.

If indole allows pathogenic bacteria to withstand antibiotics, it may be possible to thwart drug resistance by blocking indole signaling with small molecules, Collins says.

The project that I wrote about was really on basic research that he is doing on understanding the process by which antibiotic resistance develops and finding a way to block the emergence of resistance.

For example, perhaps the amino acid interactions that stabilize the pump structure could be targeted by drug development efforts to block pump assembly or function, thereby rendering currently defunct antibiotics effective once more.

He says that a designer strain of Streptomyces would allow researchers to combine the building blocks of various antibiotics produced by the streptomycetes and other bacteria to make novel, hybrid antibiotics.

Unfortunately, these friendly bacteria can be depleted and disrupted by taking antibiotics, steroids, acid - blocking medications, eating a poor diet, and many other factors.

Far from the newcomer on the block, iodine and iodine supplementation have been traditional remedies used by doctors in centuries past as an antiseptic and natural antibiotic.

Beyond antibiotics, there has been a lot of information provided by scientific researchers demonstrating that acid - blocking medications, similarly, have a negative effect on the intestinal microbiome.

For those that are not having significant changes by 3 months then I am adding Biocidin to remove biofilms and to decrease antibiotic resistance by blocking efflux pumps that remove antibiotics from germs.

decreases drug resistance in Lyme by blocking efflux pumps that remove antibiotics from germs,

Based on unpublished lab experiments Biocidin breaks down biofilms and decreases antibiotic resistance by blocking efflux pumps that remove antibiotics from germs.