From Wimp to Jock: How a Cell Motor Gets Pushy

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 12:42 in Biology & Nature

A University of Utah researcher helped discover how a "wimpy" protein motor gains the strength necessary to move nerve cells and components inside them. The findings provide clues to a rare brain disorder that often kills babies within months of birth.

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