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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 3, 971-977 (December 2002) | doi:10.1038/nrm970

OpinionEpsins: adaptors in endocytosis?

Beverly Wendland1  About the author

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Endocytic adaptor proteins select specific cargo for internalization by endocytosis through clathrin-coated pits or vesicles. Recent studies indicate that epsins might also be classified as adaptors.

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  1. Beverly Wendland is at the Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Mudd Hall, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
    Email: bwendland@jhu.edu
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