title: A prize for membrane magic.
abstract: The 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to James Rothman, Randy Schekman, and Thomas Südhof "for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells". I present a personal view of the membrane trafficking field, highlighting the contributions of these three Nobel laureates in a historical context.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305-5307, USA. Electronic address: pfeffer@stanford.edu.
authors: Suzanne R
authors: SR
authors: Pfeffer
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009613:Nobel Prize; D010827:Physiology / Q000266:history*; D050600:SNARE Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D022161:Transport Vesicles / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D050600:SNARE Proteins; D002118:Calcium