Dam the bacteria, drugs and vaccines ahead

A protein called Dam (DNA adenine methylase) helps make bacteria virulent, a finding that may lead to new antibiotics and vaccines.

References:

Heithoff, D.M. . . . and M.J. Mahan. 1999. An essential role for DNA adenine methylation in bacterial virulence. Science 284(May 7):967.

Sources:

Michael J. Mahan
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 19, May 8, 1999, p. 293. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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