Plectasin (IMAGE)

Utrecht University, Faculty of Science

Plectasin

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By assembling into large structures, the antibiotic plectasin latches onto its target on the bacterial cell surface. This is comparable to how both sides of Velcro form a bond.

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Gloria Fuentes

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