Concept information
Preferred term
Coated Pits, Cell-Membrane
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
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
In other languages
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Finnish
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klatriinipeitteinen vesikkeli
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003034
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