Traffic jam: a compendium of human diseases that affect intracellular transport processes

Traffic. 2000 Nov;1(11):836-51. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2000.011104.x.

Abstract

As sequencing of the human genome nears completion, the genes that cause many human diseases are being identified and functionally described. This has revealed that many human diseases are due to defects of intracellular trafficking. This 'Toolbox' catalogs and briefly describes these diseases.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport, Active / genetics
  • Cell Nucleus / metabolism
  • Cytoskeleton / metabolism
  • Endocytosis
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / genetics
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / metabolism*
  • Golgi Apparatus / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Lysosomes / metabolism
  • Mitochondria / metabolism
  • Molecular Motor Proteins / metabolism
  • Peroxisomes / metabolism

Substances

  • Molecular Motor Proteins