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Protein Targeting The biological process by which proteins are delivered to their proper locations inside or outside the cell is known as protein targeting or protein sorting. Proteins can be secreted to the outside of the cell, the plasma membrane, various intracellular membranes, the interior of an organelle, or the plasma membrane. The protein itself contains information that controls the delivery mechanism. Sorting correctly is essential for the cell, and problems with sorting have been connected to a number of illnesses. Introduction In eukaryotic cells, various proteins must be delivered to various locations within the cell or, in some ... Read More

Introduction Only with development of the compound microscope during 17th-century in Europe, cells were first observed. After gazing at a piece of cork and noticing a cell-like structure, Robert Hooke coined the term "cells" (published in Micrographia) in 1665. Nevertheless, the cells were dead and gave no hint to the true overall components of a cell. Just few years later, in 1674, during his investigation of algae, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek became the first to examine live cells. All of this came before the cell theory, which argues that cells are the basic building blocks of life and that they make ... Read More