History of protein-protein interactions: from egg-white to complex networks.
Today, it is widely appreciated that protein-protein interactions play a fundamental role in biological processes. This was not always the case. The study of protein interactions started slowly and evolved considerably, together with conceptual and technological progress in different areas of research through the late 19th and the 20th centuries. In this review, we present some of the key experiments that have introduced major conceptual advances in biochemistry and molecular biology, and review technological breakthroughs that have paved the way for today's systems-wide approaches to protein-protein interaction analysis.
Department of Plant Systems Biology, Center for Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany.
Pascal
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Braun
Anne-Claude
AC
Gingras
D000818:Animals; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D025941:Protein Interaction Mapping / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D049490:Systems Biology / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods
D011506:Proteins