从网络分析到实验验证:识别非肌肉肌素II收缩性的调节剂,使用折叠性消化信号通路

Andy Zhao1, Sophia Varady1, Madelyn O'Kelley-Bangsberg1

  • 1Reed College Department of Biology, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland, OR, 97202, USA.

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概括

研究人员发现了顶收缩的新型调节剂,这是发育过程中至关重要的过程. 通过计算互动组方法,他们发现了Flapwing和CG11811蛋白调节Drosophila的非肌肉肌素II活性.

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