Flipping the 'off' switch on cell growth: Protein uses multiple means to help cells cope when oxygen runs low

Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 12:50 in Biology & Nature

A protein known for turning on genes to help cells survive low-oxygen conditions also slows down the copying of new DNA strands, thus shutting down the growth of new cells, researchers report. Their discovery has wide-ranging implications, they say, given the importance of this copying -- known as DNA replication -- and new cell growth to many of the body's functions and in such diseases as cancer.

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