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Two divergent plasma membrane syntaxin-like SNAREs, nsyn1 and nsyn2, contribute to hyphal tip growth and other

Gagan D Gupta1, Stephen J Free, Natalia N Levina

  • 1Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Ont., M3J1P3, Toronto, Canada. gagan@ncbs.res.in

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