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Published on: December 29, 2017
Mitotic moonlighting functions for membrane trafficking proteins
1Physiological Laboratory, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK. s.j.royle@liverpool.ac.uk
Abstract:
In recent years, cell biologists have uncovered a number of new functions for proteins that were previously thought to operate solely in membrane trafficking. These alternative roles, termed moonlighting functions, can occur at distinct intracellular sites or at different stages of the cell cycle. Here, I evaluate the evidence for mitotic moonlighting functions of proteins that have membrane trafficking roles during interphase. The aim is to identify key issues facing the field and to outline important questions for future work.
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