One of our genes, for example, codes for insulin, a protein that helps cells absorb glucose.
Antisense drugs act on RNA, a molecule that helps cells to make needed proteins.
Normally, TOR helps cells manufacture new proteins, and hinders the destruction of malfunctioning ones.
The aligned fiber morphology helps cells to orient and elongate along their long axis.
It helps genes switch on and off and it helps cells adhere to each other.
A compound that helps cells produce normal proteins from wonky genes could have a broad impact on genetic diseases.
Genasense shuts of the gene that produces bcl-2, a protein that helps cells stay alive, even when they are hit with toxic chemotherapy drugs.
Researchers further added a drug that blocked E-cadherin, a protein that helps cells adhere to their neighbors.
NF-kB is a transcription factor for genes that helps cells to survive, bind to a surface, specialize and grow.
The results indicated that retinoic acid works as a morphogen, a molecule that helps cells to migrate and form patterns characteristic of mature organs.
Cells derived from patients with Timothy syndrome have less of the molecule n-cadherin (shown in red), which helps cells stick together.
