Emerging insights into the roles of membrane tethers from analysis of whole organisms: The tip of an iceberg?

Membrane tethers have been identified throughout different compartments of the endomembrane system. It is now well established that a number of membrane tethers mediate docking of membrane carriers in anterograde and retrograde transport and in regulating the organization of membrane compartments....

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Main Authors: Wei Hong eToh, Paul Anthony Gleeson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcell.2016.00012/full