Scientists pull protein's tail to curtail cancer
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 05:56
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- When researchers look inside human cancer cells for the whereabouts of an important tumor-suppressor, they often catch the protein playing hooky, lolling around in cellular broth instead of muscling its way out to the cells' membranes and foiling cancer growth.
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