Detailed structure of cell’s garbage disposal unit reveals surprise in how it is targeted by cancer drugs
Every atom counts
08-Aug-2016 -
Malignant cancer cells not only proliferate faster than most healthy cells in our bodies. They also generate more “junk”, such as faulty and damaged proteins. This makes cancer cells inherently more dependent on the most important cellular garbage disposal unit, the proteasome, which degrades ...
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