Traffic jam in the cell: How are proteins assigned to specific transporters?

(University of Heidelberg) Special carriers ensure that proteins are transported to where they are needed in the cell. By combining innovative investigative techniques, biochemists at Heidelberg University have succeeded in comprehensively analysing two of these so-called transport vesicles - the COPI and COPII vesicles - for the first time.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - April 1, 2019 Category: Biology Source Type: news