Transport Protein has an Unexpected Role (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Transport Protein has an Unexpected Role

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Scientists discovered that a protein called Nup153 (green) control how embryonic stem cells (blue) develop. When Salk scientists deleted Nup153 (left), the cells were free to rapidly begin to turn into the precursors of neurons (marked in red), suggesting a previously unknown role for Nup153.

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