Membranes & Organelles

This topic page includes information and resources on phagocytosis, lysosomes, secretory pathway, endoplasmic reticulum, glycogen, Golgi, crinophagy, autophagy, multivesicular bodies, mitochondria, centrioles, secretory granules, and related topics.

Resources

Images | Videos | Labs | Forums | Literature | Education

Images

ASCB Image & Video Library (our peer-reviewed collection of cell biology images specifically on Membranes and Organelles)

Videos

ASCB Image & Video Library (our peer-reviewed collection of cell biology videos specifically on Membranes and Organelles)

Labs

Dutcher lab, Washington University School of Medicine (structure and function of basal bodies in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)
Heuser lab, Washington University/St Louis (membrane budding and fusion, synaptic vesicle discharge, movement of cilia and flagella, muscle contraction)
Howell lab, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (structure and function of the Golgi complex):
Lippincott-Schwartz lab, NICHD (secretory membrane trafficking, sorting and compartmentalization in eukaryotic cells):
Sluder lab, University of Massachusetts Medical School (centrosome reproduction)
Terasaki Lab, University of Connecticut (mechanism of nuclear envelope breakdown;

Forums

Interact with colleagues on ASCB's Membranes and Organelles Community Forum.

Literature

Landmark Papers in Cell Biology. Chapter 5: Cell Membrane and Extracellular Matrix Section (commentaries by experts on landmark papers in the cell membrane field, with links to many of the original papers).

Landmark Papers in Cell Biology. Chapter 6: Protein Synthesis and Membrane Traffic Section (commentaries by experts on landmark papers in the membrane traffic field, with links to many of the original papers).

Education

Electrical impulse conduction in sarcoplasmic reticulum
Membrane Structure: from the University of Texas Medical Branch

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