• Question: How do bacterial proteins make life hard for us?

    Asked by ata10 to MarkF on 18 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Mark Fogg answered on 18 Jun 2010:


      Bacteria, like all life forms, use proteins to make their cells work. Proteins are the product of genes. Some bacteria, like the anthrax bug, produce toxins made of protein that kill you.

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