In plant cells, the pigment anthocyanin is transported to a membrane-bounded organelle called the vacuole for storage. A previously unidentified transport pathway involving vacuolar-membrane extensions mediates this process.
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Bassham, D. Pigments on the move. Nature 526, 644–645 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/526644a
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