'Merlin' is a matchmaker, not a magician
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have figured out the specific job of a protein long implicated in tumors of the nervous system. Reporting on a new study, they detail what they call the "matchmaking" activities of a fruit fly protein called Merlin, whose human counterpart, NF2, is a tumor suppressor protein known to cause neurofibromatosis type II when mutated.