1. The routing of proteins from the site of their synthesis to the final cellular or secreted position. Several different pathways are known and others suspected. Glycosylation of the proteins may provide specific address labels for the proteins.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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