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Caveolin-1: A New Locus for Human Lipodystrophy
1 Apr 2008
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Caveolae are specialized plasma membrane microdomains appearing as 50- to 100-nm vesicular invaginations (1, 2). These organelles were initially identified by Yamada (3) more than 50 yr ago and can be found individually or in clusters at the surface of several cell types, including adipocytes, endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and myocytes. These plasma membrane domains, often referred to as lipid rafts, are rich...
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