To reach the cell surface, membrane proteins are first targeted to an organelle called the endoplasmic reticulum. Several targeting pathways are known, but it now emerges that there is yet another pathway. See Letter p.134
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Pool, M. Sort of unexpected. Nature 540, 45–46 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/540045a
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