Cell's Powerhouses Dismantled: Complete Inventory Of All Proteins In Mitochondria
Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 20:14
in Biology & Nature
All of life is founded on the interactions of millions of proteins. These are the building blocks for cells and form the molecular mechanisms of life. The problem is that proteins are extremely difficult to study, particularly because there are so many of them and they appear in all sizes and weights. Now, researchers have made a breakthrough in protein research -- making virtually the complete inventory of all the proteins in the mitochondria, the energy producers found in every cell.