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| | ScienceDaily: Scientists Map Signaling Molecule Crucial To Survival, Disease -- Causes Cancer, Diabetes When It Goes ... |
 | | Science Daily A chemical sleight of hand by UCSF scientists has pinpointed for the first time where small molecules called phosphates bind to proteins in cells, allowing them to send signals and giving organisms a way to adapt to rapidly changing conditions. |
 | | Such signals are vital for survival, allowing cells to respond to changes in their environment by, for example, regulating the production and transport of hormones, nutrients, and the like. |
 | | A molecule known as a protein kinase ferries a phosphate-laden molecule to a specific amino acid along the chain that makes up a protein. |
| www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2003/08/030826064824.htm (1204 words) |
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