Mapping the living cell: New technique pinpoints protein locations, helping scientists figure out their functions
Friday, February 1, 2013 - 08:20
in Biology & Nature
To get a clear picture of what's happening inside a cell, scientists need to know the locations of thousands of proteins and other molecules. MIT chemists have now developed a technique that can tag all of the proteins in a particular region of a cell, allowing them to more accurately map those proteins.