coatomer

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

coat + -o-. Coined in a 1991 paper in Nature by Waters, Serafini & Rothman.

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