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Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bristle-Coated Pit
  • Bristle Coated Pits
  • Bristle-Coated Pits
  • Cell-Membrane Coated Pit
  • Cell Membrane Coated Pits
  • Cell-Membrane Coated Pits
  • Coated Pit, Cell-Membrane
  • Pit, Bristle-Coated
  • Pit, Cell-Membrane Coated
  • Pits, Bristle-Coated
  • Pits, Cell-Membrane Coated

Scope note

  • Specialized regions of the cell membrane composed of pits coated with a bristle covering made of the protein CLATHRIN. These pits are the entry route for macromolecules bound by cell surface receptors. The pits are then internalized into the cytoplasm to form the COATED VESICLES.

History note

  • 91(83); was see under RECEPTOSOMES 1983-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003034

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