Breaking point: mechanical stress helps NINJ1 protein to rupture membranes

Ishan Deshpande () and Vishva M. Dixit ()

Nature, 2025, vol. 644, issue 8078, 883-884

Abstract: The protein NINJ1 enables cells to break open during certain types of cell death. Modulation of physical forces on the membrane reveals how NINJ1 acts.

Keywords: Cell biology; Immunology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-025-02130-8

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