title: Protein balance: a fundamental question of cell biology needing reappraisal.
abstract: Although protein synthesis and protein degradation are two independent processes that are firmly regulated, how they maintain a balance of protein in the non-growing cell remains to be established. In work in the 1980s, the author suggested a self-regulating mechanism. However, experimental work on this interesting and fundamental problem is needed for a better understanding of 'protein balance' in cells.
authors.forename: Denys N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Wheatley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins