Control óptico de la señalización celular por medio de quinasas fotointercambiables de una sola cadena

Xin X Zhou1, Linlin Z Fan1, Pengpeng Li2

  • 1Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 25, 2017
PubMed
Resumen

Los científicos desarrollaron proteínas cinasas con conmutación por luz para un control preciso de las señales celulares. Esta innovación permite nuevos métodos para el cribado de drogas y la comprensión de los procesos biológicos.

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