Endoplasmic reticulum - shape and function in stress translation

• Main Author: Federica Brandizzi (auth)
• Other Authors: Stephen H Howell (auth), Patrick Schafer (auth), Lorenzo Frigerio (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Myosins; cysteine endopeptidase; ER associated degradation; Unfolded Protein Response; ER bodies; programmed cell death; bZIP transcription factors; caspase
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a manufacturing unit in eukaryotic cells required for the synthesis of proteins, lipids, metabolites and hormones. Besides supporting cellular signalling networks by its anabolic function, the ER on its own or in communication with other organelles directly initiate...