PAN protein domain (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PAN protein domain

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ORNL scientists identified four amino acids key to signaling pathways in the PAN protein domain. Mutating any of those four resulted in disruption of the signal that tells cancer cells to multiply and spread in humans.

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Andy Sproles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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