Study uncovers mechanism by which tumor suppressor MIG6 triggers cell suicide
Monday, September 24, 2012 - 20:00
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have determined the outsize role a small protein named Mig6 plays in the tightly orchestrated suicide of cells -- a phenomenon essential to everything from shaping an embryo to keeping it free of cancer later in life. Their findings unveil a conceptually novel mechanism for this biological regulation.