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Human atlastin GTPases mediate differentiated fusion of endoplasmic reticulum membranes

  • Xiaoyu Hu 1 ,
  • Fuyun Wu 1 ,
  • Sha Sun 1 ,
  • Wenying Yu 1 ,
  • Junjie Hu , 1,2
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  • 1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Protein Sciences, Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
  • 2. National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Received date: 01 Jan 2015

Accepted date: 01 Jan 2015

Published date: 13 Apr 2015

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Xiaoyu Hu , Fuyun Wu , Sha Sun , Wenying Yu , Junjie Hu . Human atlastin GTPases mediate differentiated fusion of endoplasmic reticulum membranes[J]. Protein & Cell, 2015 , 6(4) : 307 -311 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-015-0139-3

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