The localization of an elusive membrane trafficking regulator
Friday, September 26, 2014 - 07:40
in Biology & Nature
The transport of hormones and other substances across cell membranes is crucial for cell function and correct organism development. Probing the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the process, however, can be challenging. Using a combination of state-of-the-art techniques, an international team of researchers including Satoshi Naramoto and Akihiko Nakano from the RIKEN Molecular Membrane Biology Laboratory has now pinpointed the location of one of the key regulators of cross-membrane transport in plant cells, GNOM.