PTEN in a Cell (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

PTEN in a Cell

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This image in ordinary resolution shows PTEN proteins (tiny white dots) suffused throughout a cell. New research explains how they are attracted to specific growth signals inside the cell that they must turn off if a cell is not to become cancerous.

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Trotman lab, CSHL

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