Recycling polarity.
Three current papers in Cell and in this issue of Developmental Cell highlight the role of the exocyst in recycling of membrane proteins from endosomes to the plasma membrane in asymmetric cell division and polarized epithelial cells.
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W Gregory
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Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, The National University of Singapore.
Chia
William
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D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000502:physiology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000378:metabolism; D011992:Endosomes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000502:physiology; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology; D012679:Sense Organs / Q000502:physiology