The technique, called activity - based protein profiling, has been used in cancer research and allows researchers to track the actual activities of proteins operating within a cell. (healthtalk.unchealthcare.org)
The newly uncovered pathway depends on activity of a protein called FER, a member of a family of proteins (called non-receptor tyrosine kinases) that add phosphate groups to other proteins. (sciencedaily.com)
Recognizing that fibrinogen can kick - start the chain reaction that leads to inflammation and myelin damage, Akassoglou and her team are now looking at ways to target the harmful activities of the protein in the brain without affecting its function in the blood. (gladstone.org)