Abstract
The general organization and function of the endomembrane system is highly conserved in eukaryotic cells. In addition, increasing numbers of studies demonstrate that normal plant growth and development are dependent on specialized tissue and subcellular-specific components of the plant membrane trafficking machinery. New approaches, including chemical genomics and proteomics, will likely accelerate our understanding of the diverse functions of the plant endomembrane system.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 701-707 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Current Opinion in Plant Biology |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to NVR (MCB-0296080) and from the US Department of Energy, Division of Energy Biosciences to SYB (DE-FG02-02ER20332), and by a National Institute of Health NRSA Fellowship Award to CJC (GM069087). The authors would like to thank Dr Jan Zouhar for critical reading of the manuscript. We apologize to those authors whose work was not cited due to a lack of space.