Open AccessBrefeldin A: Deciphering an Enigmatic Inhibitor of Secretion
Author(s) -
Andreas Nebenführ,
Christophe Ritzenthaler,
David G. Robinson
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.011569
Subject(s) - brefeldin a , secretion , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , chemistry , golgi apparatus , biochemistry , endoplasmic reticulum
The fungal macrocyclic lactone brefeldin A (BFA) has proved to be of great value as an inhibitor of protein trafficking in the endomembrane system of mammalian cells ([Sciaky et al., 1997][1]). BFA has also often been used as an inhibitor of secretion and vacuolar protein transport in plant cells,
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