Phylogeny of the SNARE vesicle fusion machinery yields insights into the conservation of the secretory pathway in fungi

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In eukaryotic cells, directional transport between different compartments of the endomembrane system is mediated by vesicles that bud from a donor organelle and then fuse with an acceptor organelle. A family of integral membrane prot...

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Main Authors: Fasshauer Dirk, Kloepper Tobias H, Kienle Nickias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/19