Cells under stress get into molecular 'traffic jams,' triggering a suicide pathway
Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
When cells experience a high level of stress—for example, when they are exposed to too much UV light—ribosomes inside the cell collide and get into traffic jams. Now, Johns Hopkins scientists have found a protein that recognizes this traffic problem and pushes the cell down a path toward cell suicide.