Abstract
In the living cell, proteins are efficiently sorted to a whole range of subcellular compartments. In many cases, sorting specificity is mediated by short 'sorting signals' attached either permanently or transiently to the protein. At long last, a fairly coherent picture of the design and function of many such sorting signals is beginning to emerge.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Algorithms
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Cell Compartmentation*
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Cell Membrane / metabolism*
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Lipid Bilayers / metabolism
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Membrane Lipids / metabolism
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Models, Biological
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Models, Molecular
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Protein Sorting Signals / physiology
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Proteins / metabolism*
Substances
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Lipid Bilayers
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Membrane Lipids
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Protein Sorting Signals
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Proteins