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Trafficking of Proteins

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Proteins are synthesized on ribosomes in the cell body, packaged into vesicles in the Golgi apparatus, and then transported along cytoskeletal structures to their final location in the cell. The process of targeted transport is trafficking.

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  1. Physiological Institute, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

    Robert F. Schmidt

  2. Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA

    William D. Willis

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(2007). Trafficking of Proteins. In: Schmidt, R., Willis, W. (eds) Encyclopedia of Pain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29805-2_4546

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