It was a pleasant surprise to the scientific community when clinical research with the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae led to the discovery of DNA as the hereditary material. Meanwhile ...

A new report demonstrates that the human pathogen Streptococcus (S.) pneumoniae (one of the known causes of bacterial pneumonia) possesses an unusual enzyme that protects foreign DNA taken up ...

In this study published in the journal Science, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Université de Strasbourg, Université Paris Cité, and collaborating institutions reveal how DNA gyrase ...

Using high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-em), researchers from Durham University, Jagiellonian University, and the John Innes Centre uncovered unprecedented detail of gyrase’s action ...

Scientists from Durham University, Jagiellonian University (Poland), and the John Innes Centre have made a significant advancement in understanding DNA gyrase, an essential bacterial enzyme and a ...

pneumoniae superinfection, presumably through binding competition. "Our findings support the targeting of regions of PspA for therapeutic and vaccine development against influenza A/Streptococcus ...