Review
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 9, 273-284 (April 2008) | doi:10.1038/nrm2378
Exiting the Golgi complex
Maria Antonietta De Matteis1 & Alberto Luini1 About the authors
Abstract
The composition and identity of cell organelles are dictated by the flux of lipids and proteins that they receive and lose through cytosolic exchange and membrane trafficking. The trans-Golgi network (TGN) is a major sorting centre for cell lipids and proteins at the crossroads of the endocytic and exocytic pathways; it has a complex dynamic structure composed of a network of tubular membranes that generate pleiomorphic carriers targeted to different destinations. Live-cell imaging combined with three-dimensional tomography has recently provided the temporal and topographical framework that allows the assembly of the numerous molecular machineries so far implicated in sorting and trafficking at the TGN.
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Author affiliations
- Department of Cell Biology and Oncology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, 66030 Santa Maria Imbaro (CH), Italy.
Correspondence to: Maria Antonietta De Matteis1 Email: dematteis@negrisud.it
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