Detailed 3-D Image Catches A Key Regulator Of Neural Stem Cell Differentiation In Action

... Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in collaboration with scientists at the University of California, San Diego took a high resolution "action shot" of a protein switch that plays a crucial role in the development of the nervous system. Their findings, published in the December 8 issue of the journal Molecular Cell, provide a template for the design of small molecule inhibitors to control that switch, a protein called Scp1, at will. ...