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Vesicles are intracellular transporters, used to move macromolecules around the cell. A vesicle is made when an invaginated [[Membrane|membrane]] part buds off from an organelle.This [[Organelle|organelle is]] usually the the [[Golgi Apparatus|Golgi Apparatus]]; vesicles bud from the 'trans' end. Vesicles are vital&nbsp;to processes of intracellular transport,&nbsp;such as&nbsp;endo- and [[Exocytosis|exocytosis]]. Vesicles have the ability to release or expel thier contents on reaching and fusing to the plasma membrane. For example, vesicles transport acetylcholine to the pre-synaptic membrane of a neuronal cell,&nbsp;where it is released into the [[Excitatory postsynaptic potential|synaptic cleft]], to be received at the post-synaptic membrane. Vesicles are coated in protein. Different protein coats aid different transports steps.<ref name="null">(Alberts B., Johnson A., Lewis J., Raff M., Roberts K., Walter P (2007) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th edition, New York: Garland Science)</ref> Among the great variety of protein coats is Clathrin. 

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