title: Epithelial trafficking: new routes to familiar places.
abstract: Research carried out in mammalian epithelial cell systems over the past 25 years has delineated pathways and sorting signals involved in polarized delivery of plasma membrane proteins. Recently some progress has been made in the identification of mechanisms underlying this polarized trafficking and in the visualization of trafficking routes in live cells. A promising area of research is the study of trafficking functions of novel polarity genes identified in Drosophila and Caenorhabditis elegans.
authors.affiliation: Margaret Dyson Vision Research Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Ave, New York, New York 10021, USA. boulan@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Boulan
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Müsch
authors.forename: Andre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Le Bivic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000235:genetics*; D002465:Cell Movement; D016764:Cell Polarity; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017238:Genes, Helminth; D017344:Genes, Insect; D021962:Membrane Microdomains / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D021381:Protein Transport; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins