News tagged with death domain

New insights into growth factor's role in brain development

New research sheds light on a neural growth factor called proBDNF, finding that it is present and potentially active during the perinatal period when the brain's circuitry and memory-encoding regions are being refined. Led ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

Feb 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Researchers discover 'on switch' for cell death signaling mechanism

Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have determined the structure of the interactions between proteins that form the heart of the death inducing signaling complex (DISC), which is responsible for ...

Biology /

Jan 05, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 0