Bioengineering, Drug Design, and Health Research to see new heights by Cellular “hands”

Syndecan-4, a type of protein, along with integrin, fellow protein in the cell membrane, are to be able to sense the extracellular environment by producing “hands”.

These cellular proteins reside inside the cell membrane where one point inward and the other outward and this specific placement makes these proteins in a perfect position to sense the extracellular condition and thus vary conditions inside the cell by transfo....