3-D Protein Map To Aid Stroke And Cancer Research Drafted
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 23:35
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have generated a computer map of the protein acid-sensing ion channel-1, or ASIC-1, an important neurological pathway. The map greatly simplifies the testing of drugs or compounds designed to protect neurons, regulate their molecular interactions or isolate brain tumors. The ASIC-1 work began with a toxin found only in the venom of the Trinidad chevron tarantula.