Molecular composition and ultrastructure of the caveolar coat complex.

Caveolae are an abundant feature of the plasma membrane of many mammalian cell types, and have key roles in mechano-transduction, metabolic regulation, and vascular permeability. Caveolin and cavin proteins, as well as EHD2 and pacsin 2, are all present in caveolae. How these proteins assemble to fo...

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Main Authors: Alexander Ludwig, Gillian Howard, Carolina Mendoza-Topaz, Thomas Deerinck, Mason Mackey, Sara Sandin, Mark H Ellisman, Benjamin J Nichols
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24013648/?tool=EBI