Life of a clathrin coat: Insights from clathrin and AP structures

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-44

  Edeling, Melissa A ^a   Smith, Corinne ^b   Owen, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CLATHRIN;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SELECTION; COATED VESICLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSOME; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SECRETORY CELL; TRANSPORT VESICLE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, VESICULAR TRANSPORT; ANIMALS; CLATHRIN; CLATHRIN-COATED VESICLES; ENDOCYTOSIS; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 30844453760     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1786     Document Type: Review

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