Researchers discover 'on switch' for cell death signaling mechanism

Monday, January 5, 2009 - 16:21 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have determined the structure of the interactions between proteins that form the heart of the death inducing signaling complex (DISC), which is responsible for triggering apoptosis (programmed cell death).

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