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Metabolism > Biological Transport > Secretory Pathway

Preferred term

Secretory Pathway  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A series of sequential intracellular steps involved in the transport of proteins (such as hormones and enzymes) from the site of synthesis to outside the cell. The pathway involves membrane-bound compartments through which the newly synthesized proteins undergo POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATIONS, packaging, storage, or transportation to the PLASMA MEMBRANE for secretion.

Entry terms

  • Secretion Pathway
  • Secretion Process
  • Secretory Process

In other languages

  • French

  • Processus de sécrétion
  • Processus sécrétoire
  • Processus sécrétoires
  • Voie sécrétoire

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VCC72MFK-B

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