Salk scientists discover why microprotein PIGBOS has major implications for disease (VIDEO)
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As the tools to study biology improve, researchers are beginning to uncover details into microproteins, small components that appear to be key to some cellular processes. The lab of Salk Professor Alan Saghatelian, along with Uri Manor, director of the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Core Facility, recently showed that the 54-amino acid microprotein PIGBOS contributes to mitigating cell stress. The work, published in the journal Nature Communications, indicates that PIGBOS could be a target for human disease.
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