Medical Dictionary

clathrin

noun clath·rin \ˈklath-rin\

Medical Definition of CLATHRIN

:  the major component protein of a cagelike polyhedral molecular arrangement that forms on the cytoplasmic side of a cell's plasma membrane and coats the endocytotic vesicles which bud off from the membrane

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