A bistable gene in a deadly bacterium offers a clue to beating it
The French biochemist Jacques Monod (1910-1976), who won a Nobel Prize in 1965 for discovering how cells regulate the expression of genes, famously said, “What is true for Escherichia coli is true for the elephant.” He meant the same fundamental mechanisms of molecular biology, such as protein synthesis, DNA replication, and cellular metabolism, are shared…
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