title: Traffic control: Rab GTPases and the regulation of interorganellar transport.
abstract: Membrane proteins, membrane lipids, and luminal contents are exchanged among the intracellular compartments of eukaryotic cells by vesicular transport. This process must be highly ordered to maintain cellular architecture in the face of rapid membrane turnover. The Ras-related Rab GTPases play multiple roles in regulating this traffic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Houston VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tuvim
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoffenberg
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Dickey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology*; D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020691:rab GTP-Binding Proteins