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- Title
Opinion: Regulated exocytosis: new organelles for non-secretory purposes.
- Authors
Chieregatti, Evelina; Meldolesi, Jacopo
- Abstract
Regulated exocytosis is a process in which the membranes of cytoplasmic organelles fuse with the plasma membrane in response to stimulation. In many cases (secretory exocytoses), the process functions to secrete specific products that are segregated in the organelle lumen (for example, neurotransmitters, hormones and enzymes) to the extracellular space. In other cases ('non-secretory exocytoses'), it functions to transfer the organelle membrane and its components to the cell surface. Here, the general properties of non-secretory exocytoses are discussed.
- Subjects
EXOCYTOSIS; CELL physiology; ORGANELLES; CELL membranes; CYTOLOGY
- Publication
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2005, Vol 6, Issue 2, p181
- ISSN
1471-0072
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrm1572