[Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology] Fuzziness Volume 725 || Intrinsic Protein Flexibility in Regulation of Cell Proliferation: Advantages for Signaling and Opportunities for Novel Therapeutics

✍ Scribed by Fuxreiter, Monika; Tompa, Peter

• Book ID: 111939042
• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 487 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1461406595
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0659-4_3

✦ Synopsis

Detailed characterization of fuzzy interactions will be of central importance for understanding the diverse biological functions of intrinsically disordered proteins in complex eukaryotic signaling networks. In this volume, Peter Tompa and Monika Fuxreiter have assembled a series of papers that address the issue of fuzziness in molecular interactions. These papers provide a broad overview of the phenomenon of fuzziness and provide compelling examples of the central role played by fuzzy interactions in regulation of cellular signaling processes and in viral infectivity. These contributions summarize the current state of knowledge in this new field and will undoubtedly stimulate future research that will further advance our understanding of fuzziness and its role in biomolecular interactions.