Lysosomes

• Main Author: Saftig, Paul (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Medical Intelligence Unit
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Human genetics.; Neurosciences.; Biochemistry.; Cell biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Biochemistry, general.; Human Genetics.

Lysosomes are membrane-surrounded organelles which are present in all animal cells. The importance of this organelle is underlined by an increasing number of human diseases, which are associated with an impaired function of the lysosomal compartment. This book summarizes the current state-of-the art...