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All animal cells have a polarity, that is, different proteins are clustered in distinct domains of the plasma membrane and these regions carry out different jobs. As Peifer discusses in a lively Perspective, new work (Bilder et al.) identifies some of the molecular characters that direct proteins to their different cellular destinations.
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Department of Biology and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280, USA. peifer@unc.edu
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