The breakdown of barriers in old cells may hold clues to aging process
Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 12:42
in Biology & Nature
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.