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ESCRT service

The sorting and degradation of cell-surface proteins are essential for cellular homeostasis. The ESCRT-I complex is known to be involved in these events, and new structural findings elucidate its core architecture.

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Figure 1: ESCRT-I and membrane traffic.
Figure 2: Structure of the yeast ESCRT-I complex.

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Alam, S., Sundquist, W. ESCRT service. Nature 447, 921–922 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/447921a

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