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Nature 389, 17-19 (4 September 1997) | doi:10.1038/37870

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Membrane transport:  Green light for Golgi traffic

Hugh R. B. Pelham

When eukaryotic cells secrete proteins, they do so by a circuitous route. The proteins are folded and assembled within a membrane-enclosed organelle, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), whose membrane and internal contents are specialized for the job.

  1. Hugh R. B. Pelham is in the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, CambridgeCB2 2QH, UK.