Membrane traffic. Call for the COPs

Curr Biol. 1994 Oct 1;4(10):926-9. doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00208-6.

Abstract

Vesicles are the vehicles of membrane traffic in cells. A new complex of cytosolic proteins that is required for vesicle formation at the endoplasmic reticulum, dubbed COPII, has been identified.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Clathrin / physiology
  • Cytosol / chemistry
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / chemistry
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism*
  • Golgi Apparatus / metabolism
  • Guanosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Molecular Weight
  • Proteins / analysis
  • Proteins / physiology*

Substances

  • Clathrin
  • Proteins
  • Guanosine Triphosphate