Three-dimensional structure of a COPII prebudding complex.

Charles Barlowe

doi:10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00293-9

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Three-dimensional structure of a COPII prebudding complex.

Charles Barlowe

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The coat protein complex II (COPII) catalyzes transport vesicle formation from the endoplasmic reticulum. Crystallographic analysis of a Sec23/24-Sar1 prebudding complex of COPII now provides a molecular view of this GTPase-directed coat assembly mechanism.

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Charles Barlowe. 2002. Three-dimensional structure of a COPII prebudding complex.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1534-5807(02)00293-9

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