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Nien-Pei Tsai1

  • 1Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
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Keywords:
E3 ligaseNeuronal activityPlasticityProteasomeSynapseUbiquitination

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