A cellular housekeeper, and potential target of obesity drugs, caught in action

Tuesday, August 3, 2010 - 07:49 in Health & Medicine

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have obtained the closest look yet of how a gargantuan molecular machine breaks down unwanted proteins in cells, a critical housekeeping chore that helps prevent diseases such as cancer...

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