| Literature DB >> 12223531 |
Babak Razani1, Scott E Woodman, Michael P Lisanti.
Abstract
Among the membrane compartments of a cell, vesicles known as "caveolae" have long defied functional characterization. However, since the identification of a family of proteins termed "caveolins", that form and reside in caveolae, a better understanding has emerged. It is now clear that caveolae do not merely play a singular role in the cell, but are pleiotropic in nature-serving to modulate many cellular functions. The purpose of this review is to explicate what is known about caveolins/caveolae and highlight growing areas of caveolar research.Mesh：
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Year: 2002 PMID： 12223531 DOI： 10.1124/pr.54.3.431
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pharmacol Rev ISSN： 0031-6997 Impact factor: 25.468