/newsroom/taxonomy/term/13891/all en /newsroom/channels/news/specialized-cellular-compartments-discovered-bacteria-323299 <p>Researchers at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº have discovered bacterial organelles involved in gene expression, suggesting that bacteria may not be as simple as once thought. This finding could offer new targets for the development of new antibiotics.</p> <p>The study, published in <i><a href="https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/07/15/2005019117">Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences</a></i>, is the first to show that <i>E. coli </i>uses similar strategies to regulate gene transcription as other more complex cell types.</p> Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:45:14 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 225571 at /newsroom