Affiliations: 1 Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Keywords:
intracellular traffic, membrane contact sites, kiss-and-run, membrane fusion, signalling.
Corresponding Author(s):
Anne Spang, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; anne.spang@unibas.ch
Conflict of interest statement:
I declare no conflict of interest.
Please cite this article as:
Anne Spang (2021). Means of intracellular communication: touching, kissing, fusing. Microbial Cell 8(5): 87-90. doi: 10.15698/mic2021.05.747
© 2021 Spang. This is an open-access article released under the terms of the Creative Com-mons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows the unre-stricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medi-um, provided the original author and source are acknowledged.
Means of intracellular communication: touching, kissing, fusing
Authors:Anne Spang1
doi: 10.15698/mic2021.05.747
Volume 8, pp. 87 to 90, published 13/04/2021.
1 Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland.
Keywords:
intracellular traffic, membrane contact sites, kiss-and-run, membrane fusion, signalling.
Corresponding Author(s):
Conflict of interest statement:
I declare no conflict of interest.
Please cite this article as:
Anne Spang (2021). Means of intracellular communication: touching, kissing, fusing. Microbial Cell 8(5): 87-90. doi: 10.15698/mic2021.05.747
© 2021 Spang. This is an open-access article released under the terms of the Creative Com-mons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows the unre-stricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medi-um, provided the original author and source are acknowledged.
Abstract:
Eukaryotic cells are complicated factories that need ensure productivity and functionality on the cellular level as well as being able to communicate with their environment. In order to do so cells developed intracellular communication systems. For a long time, research focused mainly on the secretory/biosynthetic and endocytic routes for communication, leaving the communication with other organelles apart. In the last decade, this view has changed dramatically and a more holistic view of intracellular communication is emerging. We are still at the tip of the iceberg, but a common theme of touching, kissing, fusing is emerging as general principles of communication.