'Switch off, light on': Molecular biologist discovers new control mechanism in cell signalling
Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 08:28
in Biology & Nature
Manuela Baccarini of the Centre for Molecular Biology of the University of Vienna, Austria, investigates a group of proteins which are important for cell division and therefore also for uncontrolled cell growth as occurring during cancerogenesis. Some experiments now lead her together with her team to an unexpected trace: she discovered an unknown regulation mechanism of the MEK enzymes, the key elements of the MAP signal transduction pathway. The results of this FWF project are now published in the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.
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