Feature Article in GEN

Dr. Ricard Stien's article, "More Dynamic Protein Profiling" in the September 1, 2015 subscription of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News discusses the unexpected fndings of the Human Genome Project was that human chromosomes contain only 20,000–25,000 protein-encoding genes, fewer than had been anticipated, given the size of the genome. Subsequently, the Human Proteome Project was launched to explore the abundance and cellular distribution of the proteins and the interactions they orchestrate.

Full article can be view at http://cplc.illinois.edu/research/September_1_2015_GEN_Stein.pdf.