How Mechanical Forces Behind Protein Folding Influence Cancer Metastasis - Technology Networks

Researchers have used a tool called "single molecular magnetic tweezers" to investigate the influence of mechanical forces and protein folding on cellular proteins talin and DCL1, and their impact on cancer metastasis.

Talin is a protein that controls cellular attachment and movement, but its malfunctioning also allows cancer cells to spread. DCL1 is a tumor-suppressing protein. But scientists dont fully understand… [+5843 chars]

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