Membrane fusion: Structure snared at last

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages

  Hughson, Frederick M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033611492     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80008-6     Document Type: Article

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