Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is an essential cellular process that mediates the internalisation of diverse plasma membrane components and extracellular cargo. This mechanism relies on the ...

This study is reported by Hualan Chen’s group from the State Key Laboratory for Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

A cytosolic uncoating ATPase (an enzyme that dissociates clathrin from clathrin-coated vesicles in the presence of ATP) was isolated from developing pea (Pisum sativum L.) cotyledons using ...

In the late 1970s, scientists were divided on how viruses enter and infect host cells. Some investigators thought viruses were directly penetrating the cell membrane into the cytoplasm, while others ...