title: Rothman and Schekman SNAREd by Lasker for trafficking.
abstract: This year, the recipients of the Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research are James Rothman and Randy Schekman. This highly anticipated honor highlights their unique contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms of membrane traffic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. malhotra@biomail.ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Malhotra
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Emr
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D050600:SNARE Proteins; D050825:Synaptosomal-Associated Protein 25; D033921:Vesicular Transport Proteins