AMES, Iowa – Research teams led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory have described the structures of two proteins they believe pump antibiotics from bacteria, allowing the ...

This "tripartite" protein complex, also known as a multidrug efflux pump, forms a conduit that drains out not only antibiotics but also virulence factors -- i.e., molecules that are produced by the ...

Hailey-Hailey disease is a rare, inherited condition characterized by patches of blisters appearing mainly in the skin folds of the arm pits, groin and under the breasts. It is caused by a mutation in ...