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Triskelion
A Manx key, a heraldic emblem that depicts three legs seen bent and in profile which radiate from a common center; by analogy, therefore, the three-legged structure of clathrin which is composed of three heavy and three light chains. Subunits of the polyhedral clathrin shell surround coated vesicles.
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