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Protein Article Search Research Paper
(SCI 241) : Week (4) – Assignment: (Protein Article Search)
(August 30, 2010)
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(Axia College)

Protein plays an important role in the immune system, proteins coat genes to form virus particles that can infect cells. Protein structure Types of bond other then peptide... produce movement; hemoglobin transports oxygen; and membrane proteins regulate the movement of substances into and out of cells. Protein protects from cancerous cells as well researchers from the University of Tokyo and colleagues report in the July 23 Nature that p53 helps slice RNA into small regulatory molecules called microRNAs. These microRNAs help control production of proteins, including some involved in cell proliferation. Proliferation can lead to cancer

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