The ends of mRNAs may prevent the beginnings of cancer

Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 11:28 in Biology & Nature

The tail end of a cell’s protein templates may contain important cues that control protein creation. When this section is lopped off of a template, a cell can make too many copies of that protein and turn a normal cell cancerous, according to Whitehead Institute scientists.

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