coatomer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
coat + -o- + -mer. Coined in a 1991 paper in Nature by Waters, Serafini & Rothman. [1]
Noun[edit]
coatomer (plural coatomers)
- (biochemistry) A soluble seven-protein complex which is a precursor of coat protein I (COPI), which plays a key role in Golgi apparatus vesicle formation