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Antibiotic tricks a switch

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A screen for compounds that block a bacterial biosynthetic pathway has uncovered an antibiotic lead that shuts off pathogen growth by targeting a molecular switch in a regulatory RNA structure. See Article p.672

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Figure 1: Metabolic-pathway blockade identifies an antibiotic.

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