Definition of Clathrin

1. Noun. (protein) A fibrous protein that forms a polyhedral coat on the surface of the coated pits and vesicles of cells during endocytosis ¹

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Medical Definition of Clathrin

1. Protein composed of 3 heavy chains (180 kD) and 3 light chains (34 and 36 kD), that forms the basketwork of triskelions around a coated vesicle. There are two genes for light chains, each of which can generate two distinct transcripts by tissue specific alternative splicing. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clathrin

clastogenesis
clastogenic
clastogens
clastothrix
clasts
clat
clatch
clatched
clatches
clatching
clathrate
clathrate compound
clathrate crystal
clathrates
clathrin (current term)
clathrin adaptor proteins
clathrins
clathrochelate
clathrochelated
clathrochelates
clats
clatted
clatter
clattered
clatterer
clatterers
clattering
clatteringly
clatters

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