The Sla2p/HIP1/HIP1R family: similar structure, similar function in endocytosis?

Irit Gottfried1, Marcelo Ehrlich, Uri Ashery

  • 1Department of Neurobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.

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