New malaria protein structure upends theory of how cells grow and move

Monday, May 30, 2011 - 14:00 in Biology & Nature

Researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have overturned conventional wisdom on how cell movement across all species is controlled, solving the structure of a protein that cuts power to the cell 'motor'. The protein could be a potential drug target for future malaria and anti-cancer treatments.

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