Researchers Identify Regulation Process of Protein Linked to Bipolar Disorder
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 08:32
in Biology & Nature
Researchers from Tufts have gained new insight into a protein associated with bipolar disorder. The study, published in the June 3 issue of Science Signaling, reveals that calcium channels in resting neurons activate the breakdown of Sp4, which belongs to a class of proteins called transcription factors that regulate gene expression.