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Structural study of anthrax yields new antibiotic target Researchers studying anthrax knew they were onto something when they discovered an opponent the bacterium couldn`t outwit. Probing a bit deeper, they discovered this was because the attacker was interacting with something anthrax requires to survive: a carbohydrate in its cell wall. Now, in a study that has implications for the development of a new class of antibiotics, Rockefeller scientists report that they`ve determined the structure of an enzyme involved in the pathway responsible for building this essential carbohydrate.
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