Identifying inhibitors of human proteins that promote tumor formation

Tumor repressor genes, which inhibit tumor formation, can be "turned off" due to undesirable molecular changes affecting the chromosomes on which the genes reside. Understanding and being able to control these alterations could lead to new approaches for activating or inactivating genes linked to cancer.

Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/mal...