![Stephen Frye, PhD, is a UNC Lineberger member and Fred Eshelman Distinguished Professor in the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.](https://unclineberger.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/867/2018/10/unc-lineberger-researchers-lead-study-published-in-nature-chemical-biology-image2-600x400.jpeg)
January 27, 2016
UNC researchers lead study published in Nature Chemical Biology
A study published in Nature Chemical Biology presents the first chemical probe that can inhibit a certain complex of proteins that play a major role in repressing gene transcription, which is the first step in the process of reading DNA, the genetic blueprint for all structures in the cell, to make proteins.