All Articles Tagged As: proteins

Protein's essential role in repairing damaged cells revealed (1/9/2009)

University of Michigan researchers have discovered that a key protein in cells plays a critical role in not one, but two processes affecting the development of cancer. ...> Full Article

New Protein Survey Upends Understanding of Cell Death Process (8/28/2008)

Results Reveal Numerous Potential New Drug Targets for Related Diseases ...> Full Article

Researchers unveil vital key to cancer (8/9/2008)

scientists have uncovered the 3D structure of Mps1 - a protein that regulates the number of chromosomes during cell division and thus has an essential role in the prevention of cancer - which will lead to the design of safer and more effective therapies. ...> Full Article

Key to virulence protein entry into host cells discovered (8/5/2008)

Researchers have identified the region of a large family of virulence proteins in oomycete plant pathogens that enables the proteins to enter the cells of their hosts ...> Full Article

EGFR Protects Cancer Cells from Starving (5/6/2008)

A growth factor receptor found abundantly on the surface of cancer cells and long known to fuel cancer growth also protects tumor cells from starvation by a newly identified mechanism ...> Full Article

Solving the Z ring's mysteries may lead to new antibiotics (4/11/2008)

Researchers discover how proteins control the process when bacteria multiply ...> Full Article

Cancer-related protein may play key role in Alzheimer's disease (3/2/2008)

The findings may provide another piece of the puzzle in figuring out how tau proteins can poison nerve cells in the brain. ...> Full Article