混乱,乱交,そして有毒なパートナーシップ
Edward M Marcotte1, Mark Tsechansky
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 2500 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712-1064, USA. marcotte@icmb.utexas.edu
Cell
|July 15, 2009
まとめ
過剰発現した遺伝子は有毒になる可能性がありますが,その理由は不明です. この研究は,タンパク質障害と乱交の相互作用が遺伝子用量感受性を決定し,腫瘍遺伝子の毒性を説明することを明らかにしています.
科学分野:
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- 遺伝子の過剰発現は,様々な生物で観察される現象である細胞毒性につながる可能性があります.
- この遺伝子用量感受性を誘発する根本的な分子機構は,ほとんど解明されていないままである.
- 投与量に敏感な遺伝子は,異常なコピー数で存在すると,細胞ホメオスタシスを乱す可能性があります.
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