Some of the genes protect critical proteins from damage due to stress. (discovermagazine.com)
A drug blocking this binding protein could shut off translation of only the growth - promoting proteins and not other life - critical proteins inside the cell. (sciencedaily.com)
Current antiviral drugs against influenza, like Tamiflu, cripple critical proteins in the virus itself, but influenza often develops resistance to them. (sciencemag.org)