Protein Targeting (Frontiers in Molecular Biology)

This book addresses one of the fundamental problems of cell biology, namely how proteins are sent to and maintained at their correct destinations within cells. A cell may have to guide a protein through several membranes into one of its organelles, or take up or secrete a protein through itscell wall.This is a review of the latest research in this area, which has applications for understanding cancer, studying diseases that result from faulty targeting, and genetic manipulation of microorganisms to target useful proteins. This will be of interest to a wide spectrum of readers in cell andmolecular biology. It is extensively referenced and provides an up to date review of one of the fundamental processes of life in the eukaryotic cell.