... featuresCurrently, the structural features of this family of proteinsare poorly defined, but information gleaned from the protein sequence has enabled some predictions of structure andmotifs within the proteins. ... the cytoplasmic protein coat of caveolae, making Cav-1 the firsttrue protein marker of caveolae [2]. Subsequent cloning of the Cav-1 cDNA revealed that it was identical to another protein, VIP21, ... Cav-2Genome Biology 2004, 5:214commentreviewsreports deposited researchinteractionsinformationrefereed research Protein family review The caveolin proteinsTerence M Williams*†and Michael...