Indicate whether each of the following descriptions better applies to a BAR domain (B), the outer shell of COPI coatomer (C), or a dynamin oligomer (D). Your answer would be a three-letter string composed of letters B, C, and D only, e.g. CBD.
( ) It resembles a crescent.
( ) It resembles a collar.
( ) It resembles a cage.

Question

Indicate whether each of the following descriptions better applies to a BAR domain (B), the outer shell of COPI coatomer (C), or a dynamin oligomer (D). Your answer would be a three-letter string composed of letters B, C, and D only, e.g. CBD.
( )	It resembles a crescent.
( )	It resembles a collar.
( )	It resembles a cage.

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Coat proteins assemble into distinctive cages that coat many transport vesicles in the cell. Dynamin helps pinch off budding clathrin-coated vesicles by assembling like a collar around their neck. BAR-domain proteins bend membranes by binding and imposing their curved shape on the underlying membrane.

Indicate Whether Each of the Following Descriptions Better Applies to a BAR