‘Dark proteins’ hiding in our cells could hold clues to cancer and other diseases

Ewen Callaway

Nature, 2025, vol. 637, issue 8048, 1038-1040

Abstract: The human genome encodes potentially thousands of tiny proteins that were previously overlooked. The search is on to find out what they do.

Keywords: Genetics; Genomics; Proteomics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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