Source: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Date: October 31, 2008
Summary:
Two proteins interact in a previously unknown molecular mechanism that may have broad implications in future studies looking the causes of defective organs in fetuses, metastatic cancers and other diseases, according to researchers at Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center. Reporting their work in the Nov. 1 Genes & Development, the researchers said the mechanism coordinates cell identity and behavior in the forming organs of embryos.
