Antibiotic resistance: Towards drugs to disarm bacteria

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Source: INRAE - Guy Bezard

Researchers have identified the mutation frequency decline (Mfd) protein, a virulence factor produced by all bacteria and essential for them to resist the host immune system. This protein has the additional function of promoting spontaneous and random mutations.

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