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Schekman, Randy W. |
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University of California, Berkeley |
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Cellular and Developmental Biology |
| Secondary Field
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Biochemistry |
 Election Citation
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Schekman introduced the techniques of microbial genetics and molecular biology to the study of the mechanism of protein transport in eukaryotic cells. A large number of mutations have been isolated that define the genes, gene products, and organelle intermediates in the secretory process in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. |
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Research Interests
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Schekman's laboratory investigates the mechanism of vesicular traffic in the secretory pathway in eukaryotic cells. Currently the lab investigates the mechanism of biogenesis of extracellular vesicles including how proteins, mRNA and small RNAs are sorted for secretion in exosomes and the means by which these vesicles are internalized and function in target cells. |
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