coatomer
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