Metabolic protein wields phosphate group to activate cancer-promoting genes

Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 13:32 in Biology & Nature

A metabolic protein that nourishes cancer cells also activates tumor-promoting genes by loosening part of the packaging that entwines DNA to make up chromosomes, according to scientists.

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