Clues To Aging Process From The Breakdown Of Barriers In Old Cells

Like guards controlling access to a gated community, nuclear pore complexes are communication channels that regulate the passage of proteins and RNA to and from a cell’s nucleus. Recent studies by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies offer new insights about the pores’ lifespan and how their longevity affects their function. Their findings, reported in the Jan.

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Filed under: Biology on January 24th, 2009