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Clathrin's Achilles' ankle

Nature volume 432, pages 568–569 (2004)Cite this article

The protein clathrin forms lattice-like coats on transport vesicles that bud from cell membranes. High-resolution models of the lattice reveal interactions involved in its disassembly once the vesicles have formed.

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Figure 1: Views of the clathrin ‘triskelion’.

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