The new work gets around this problem by using a virus that has been engineered to express a bacterial protein called channelrhodopsin.
The development of antibiotic resistance in particular stems from the drugs targeting only specific bacterial proteins.
Several bacterial proteins have strong sequence homology with this protein.
The Cuban vaccine, instead of trying to block the receptor, links the growth factor to a bacterial protein, which is injected into the body.
In the final stage, the scientists use a third protein to detect the presence of the captured Lyme disease bacterial protein.
A person who has been exposed to the bacteria is expected to mount an immune response in the skin containing the bacterial proteins.
Jake wanted to begin the long and arduous transition from silicon to bacterial protein as soon as possible.
He had already identified the bacterial proteins used for mismatch repair and discovered the spelling checker protein.
Subsequently, these domains appear to have been recruited for various interactions in other bacterial proteins.
These connecting regions may account for the differing activities of the bacterial and mammalian proteins.