Research reveals how disordered protein regions contribute to cancer-causing condensates (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Research reveals how disordered protein regions contribute to cancer-causing condensates

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Published today in Science Advances, co-first authors Snigdha Maiti, PhD (left), David Baggett, PhD (center left), and Swarnendu Tripathi, PhD (right), and corresponding author Richard Kriwacki, PhD (center right), St. Jude Department of Structural Biology, introduced IDR-Puncta ML, a tool that predicts which intrinsically disordered regions drive condensate formation with implications for cancer and RNA biology.

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