Focus
Focus on Membrane dynamics
Cellular membranes in eukaryotes are dynamic structures. The budding and fusion of vesicles, as well as the proper delivery of their contents, requires coordinated interactions between coat complexes, adaptor proteins, cargo molecules and cellular machinery including the cytoskeleton. Membrane dynamics are important for fundamental cell biological processes, and dysfunction in membrane trafficking pathways contributes to myriad diseases and developmental anomalies. The January 2012 issue of Nature Cell Biology presents a series of review articles by leading scientists on recent developments in membrane dynamics — including endocytosis, and vesicle biogenesis and transport — and the importance of these processes in development and disease.
An accompanying online library presents selected research papers and reviews from Nature Cell Biology and other Nature journals.
Editorial
Focus on Membrane dynamics
Membrane dynamics-
Nature Cell Biology 14, 1 (2012)
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Reviews
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Lessons from yeast for clathrin-mediated endocytosis-
Douglas R. Boettner, Richard J. Chi and Sandra K. Lemmon
Nature Cell Biology 14, 2–10; (2012)
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Bridging membrane and cytoskeleton dynamics in the secretory and endocytic pathways-
Mihaela Anitei and Bernard Hoflack
Nature Cell Biology 14, 11–19; (2012)
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COPII and the regulation of protein sorting in mammals-
Giulia Zanetti, Kanika Bajaj Pahuja, Sean Studer, Soomin Shim and Randy Schekman
Nature Cell Biology 14, 20–28; (2012)
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Sorting nexins provide diversity for retromer-dependent trafficking events-
Peter J. Cullen and Hendrik C. Korswagen
Nature Cell Biology 14, 29–37; (2012)
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Shaping development with ESCRTs-
Tor Erik Rusten, Thomas Vaccari and Harald Stenmark
Nature Cell Biology 14, 38–45; (2012)
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