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Detailed 3-D image catches a key regulator of neural stem cell differentiation in action

Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in collaboration with scientists at the University of California, San Diego took a high resolution "action shot" of a protein switch that plays a crucial role in the development of the nervous system. Their findings, published in the December 8 issue of the journal Molecular Cell, provide a template for the design of small molecule inhibitors to control that switch, a protein called Scp1, at will.

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