Studies offer guide as protein interaction mapping comes of age
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 17:22
in Biology & Nature
During the past 20 years, researchers have identified thousands of cell protein interactions, with the ultimate goal of inventorying all that occur within cells of various organisms - a comprehensive catalogue known as the interactome. Such information will be critical to understanding the basic mechanics of cellular life, and how malfunctions in these processes contribute to cancer.