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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Prinz WA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2078525 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sterols such as cholesterol are important components of cellular membranes. They are not uniformly distributed among organelles and maintaining the proper distribution of sterols is critical for many cellular functions. Both vesicular and non-vesicular pathways move sterols between membranes and into and out of cells. There is growing evidence that a number of non-vesicular transport pathways operate in cells and, in the past few years, a number of proteins have been proposed to facilitate this ...[more]