Adrenaline receptor 'frozen in action' by researchers
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 00:30
in Biology & Nature
Adrenaline, the hormone that prepares our body to fight or flight, acts on a hyperdynamic receptor. This molecule switches so fast between several positions, that it was impossible to image it. Until now. Scientists have "frozen the molecule in action" using Xaperones, tiny, stable antibodies.