Scientists discover cell surface 'docking stations' play important function in membrane protein trafficking
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 05:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) -- Ion channel proteins – teeny batteries in cells that are the basis for all thought and muscle contraction, among other things – also serve as important docking stations for other proteins that need help figuring out where to go, according to groundbreaking new research by a team of Colorado State University scientists.