Membranes,viruses, detergents,and endosomes |
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Authors: | Ari Helenius |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | The fluid mosaic model for biological membranes was formulated 40 years ago. Ten years later endosomes were discovered as important prelysosomal organelles. At the outset of my research career, I was fortunate to witness both these turning points in biochemistry and cell biology from close up, and to participate in some of the studies. In this short essay, I will describe how this came about, and also try to provide some background as to the general starting situation in those not so distant pioneering years of membrane biology. |
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