Molecular Code Broken For Drug Industry’s Pet Proteins

All cells are surrounded by protective, fatty membranes.In the cell membrane there are thousands of membrane proteins that transport nutritional substances, ions, and water through the membrane. Membrane proteins are also necessary for cells to recognize each other in the body and for a nervous system, for example, to be formed. Researchers at Stockholm University in Sweden have now managed to reveal the “molecular code” that governs the insertion of proteins in the cell membrane. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Biology on December 20th, 2007