Blobel, Gunter

The most important element in many of these targeting pathways is a short sequence of amino acids called a signal sequence, whose function was first postulated by Gunter Blobel and colleagues in 1970. The signal sequence directs a protein to its appropriate location in the cell and, for many proteins, is removed (luring transport or after the protein has reached its final destination. In proteins slated for transport into mitochondria, chloroplasts, or the ER, the signal sequence... 

Gunter Blobel Ph y siology / Med icine Intrinsic signals that govern transport and localization of proteins... 

German-born US cell biologist Gunter Blobel (1936- ) proposes the signal hypothesis to explain how proteins are delivered to their correct destinations within cells. 

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