Synthetic gene circuits pump up cell signals in study of neurodegenerative diseases
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 13:01
in Biology & Nature
Synthetic genetic circuitry created by researchers is helping them monitor cell mechanisms that degrade the misfolded proteins implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Scientists have designed a sophisticated circuit that signals increases in the degradation of proteins by the cell's ubiquitin proteasome system.