Cystic Fibrosis Proteins Photographed Interacting

New microscopic pictures show the first-ever physical evidence of interaction between two proteins involved in Cystic Fibrosis (CF) disease. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) studied a CF causing protein and another protein called epithelial sodium channel, or ENaC. Both proteins are known to play a role in CF, but exactly what role each plays is unclear. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Biology on December 9th, 2007