The Cell: A Molecular Approach

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Chapter 10: Protein Sorting and Transport

Weblinks

Life and Discoveries of Camillo Golgi
http://nobelprize.org/medicine/articles/golgi/index.html
Fascinating illustrated biography of Camillo Golgi, discoverer of the organelle

Protein Kinesis: Getting Proteins to Their Destination
http://www.ultranet.com/~jkimball/BiologyPages/P/ProteinKinesis.html
Illustrated summary of how proteins get to their cellular destinations

Endoplasmic Reticulum
http://www.itg.uiuc.edu/technology/atlas/structures/reticulum/
Fluorescently stained micrographs of the endoplasmic reticulum

The Golgi Apparatus
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/life_sciences/biomed/bscb/softcell/golgi.html
Structure, substructure, and function of the Golgi apparatus

Lysosomes
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/schools/life_sciences/biomed/bscb/softcell/lysosome.html
Summary of the origin and functions of lysosomes

Phagocytosis
http://www.cellsalive.com/mac.htm
Film of macrophages phagocytosing foreign invaders

National Gaucher Foundation
http://www.gaucherdisease.org/
National Gaucher's disease organization; a resource for patients, physicians, and scientists