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Phase separation of the C. elegans Polycomb protein SOP-2 is modulated by RNA and sumoylation

  • Wenyan Qu 1,2 ,
  • Zheng Wang 2 ,
  • Hong Zhang , 2,3
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  • 1. School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, China
  • 2. National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 3. College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Published date: 15 Mar 2020

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Wenyan Qu , Zheng Wang , Hong Zhang . Phase separation of the C. elegans Polycomb protein SOP-2 is modulated by RNA and sumoylation[J]. Protein & Cell, 2020 , 11(3) : 202 -207 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-019-00680-y

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