This volume was first published in 1980, it is a comprehensive treatment of coated vesicles and their involvement in the process of endocytosis.This volume was first published in 1980. Coated vesicles are distinct organelles whose existence has been recognised for many years. This book is a comprehensive treatment of coated vesicles and their involvement in the process of endocytosis (the engulfment of material in membranous enclosures).This volume was first published in 1980. Coated vesicles are distinct organelles whose existence has been recognised for many years. This book is a comprehensive treatment of coated vesicles and their involvement in the process of endocytosis (the engulfment of material in membranous enclosures).This volume was first published in 1980. Coated vesicles are distinct organelles whose existence has been recognized for many years. Since the original observations of the invaginations of erythroblast and oocyte membranes, coated vesicles have been found associated with a wide variety of membranes and they have been seen to be of importance in the uptake and transport of peptides, proteins and lipoproteins as well as in some cases as mediators of immune function. This book is a comprehensive treatment of coated vesicles and their involvement in the process of endocytosis (the engulfment of material in membranous enclosures).1. Coated vesicles: a morphologically distinct subclass of endocytic vesicles A. E. Wild; 2. Coated vesicles in different cell types: some functional implications A. J. Nevorotin; 3. Coated vesicles: their occurrence in different plant cell types E. H. Newcomb; 4. Immunoglobulin transmission in mammalian young and the involvement of coated vesicles R. Rodewald; 5. Coated vesicles in neurons A. L. Blitz and R. E. Fine; 6. Coated vesicles in the oocyte F. Giorgi; 7. Adsorptive and passive pinocytic uptake M. K. Pratten, R. Duncan and J. B. Lloyd; 8. Coated vesicles and receptor biology A. Rees and K. Wallace; 9. Coated secrl“+