A protein interaction map for a better insight in cancer development
2005 February - With the completion of the genome sequence of a number of organisms, analysis of the gene products, the proteins, is the on-going challenge. Researchers from the Institut Curie and from the Paris-based biotechnology company Hybrigenics announced today that they have built a protein-protein interaction map of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. This ‘simple’ model organism allows them to study a ‘reference set’ of proteins that includes most of those known to be involved in human cancer. Since proteins function in networks, the systematic identification of the physical interactions that occur between proteins will help understanding their biological function, and improve our capacity to intervene and, ultimately, to discover novel, more specific therapeutic targets. Their results are published in the March 1st issue of Genome Research.
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