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Towards the molecular mechanism of the integration of peroxisomal membrane proteins

Evdokia-Anastasia Giannopoulou1, Leonidas Emmanouilidis2, Michael Sattler2

  • 1EMBL Hamburg, c/o DESY, Building 25A, Notkestraße 85, 22603 Hamburg, Germany.

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
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Peroxisomal membrane proteinsPeroxisome biogenesisPex19Pex3Structural biology

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