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Fishing for clathrin-coated pit nucleators

Nature Cell Biology volume 14, pages 452–454 (2012)Cite this article

The membrane-curvature-inducing protein Fcho was proposed to be part of a ubiquitous nucleation mechanism for clathrin-coated pits. However, studies in developing zebrafish embryos now indicate a role for Fcho as a receptor-specific adaptor in bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling, rather than a global coated-pit nucleator.

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Figure 1: Models of coated-pit nucleation.

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