English Explanatory Dictionary

coatomer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soluble seven-protein complex which is a precursor of coat protein I (COPI), which plays a key role in Golgi apparatus vesicle formation

Word forms

coatomer coatomers

Etymology

From coat + -o- + -mer. Coined in a 1991 paper in Nature by Waters, Serafini & Rothman. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v349/n6306/abs/349248a0.html

Derived words

protocoatomer
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