Clathrin-coated pits and vesicles play a major role in eukaryotic membrane trafficking pathways. We have used the DT40 system to delete endogenous clathrin genes selectively from DT40 and replace them with clathrin under the control of a tetracycline-regulatable promoter. This enabled clathrin expression to be manipulated, and the functional consequences of clathrin depletion to be studied in a stable vertebrate context. Here we describe the background to the work on clathrin, our practical experience with using the tetracycline-regulatable expression system in DT40 and some novel insights into membrane trafficking pathways obtained using the cell-lines generated during the course of this work.
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Wettey, F. R., & Jackson, A. P. (2006). Using DT40 to study clathrin function. Sub-Cellular Biochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4896-8_9
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