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- Title
Coordinated protein sorting, targeting and distribution in polarized cells.
- Authors
Mellman, Ira; Nelson, W James
- Abstract
The polarized distribution of functions in polarized cells requires the coordinated interaction of three machineries that modify the basic mechanisms of intracellular protein trafficking and distribution. First, intrinsic protein-sorting signals and cellular decoding machineries regulate protein trafficking to plasma membrane domains; second, intracellular signalling complexes define the plasma membrane domains to which proteins are delivered; and third, proteins that are involved in cell-cell and cell-substrate adhesion orientate the three-dimensional distribution of intracellular signalling complexes and, accordingly, the direction of membrane traffic. The integration of these mechanisms into a complex and dynamic network is crucial for normal tissue function and is often defective in disease states.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 11, p833
- ISSN
1471-0080
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nrm2525