title: Lipids and the exocytotic machinery of eukaryotic cells.
abstract: The molecular machines that drive protein transport through the secretory pathway function exert their activities on the surfaces of membrane bilayers. It is now clear that the various lipid components of these bilayers play direct and versatile roles in modulating the activity of proteins that either themselves constitute core components of the membrane trafficking machinery, or represent proteins that regulate such core components.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7090, USA. vytas@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Vytas A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Bankaitis
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Morris
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000502:physiology*; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008563:Membrane Lipids; D011506:Proteins