La glicoproteómica comparativa de las células madre identifica nuevos actores en la toxicidad de la ricina

Johannes Stadlmann1, Jasmin Taubenschmid1, Daniel Wenzel1

  • 1IMBA, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr Gasse 3, A-1030 Vienna, Austria.

Nature
|September 30, 2017
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron un nuevo método para identificar y mapear los sitios de glicosilación de proteínas. Este enfoque revela las glicoproteínas clave en las células madre e identifica un mecanismo dependiente de la fucosilación para la toxicidad de la ricina.

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