Protein 'motif' crucial to telomerase activity
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
In an effort to understand and control telomerase activity, researchers have discovered a protein "motif," named TFLY, which is crucial to the function of telomerase. Altering this motif disrupts telomerase function, they found, a fact that they believe will help them in their efforts to identify inhibitors of telomerase with potential cancer therapeutic properties.