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The ubiquitin connection

The cellular world has some daunting problems for biologists. For example, cells use the ubiquitin molecule in different ways to achieve different effects. These tangled events come under the spotlight in new work.

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Figure 1: The many uses of ubiquitin in endocytosis.

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Riezman, H. The ubiquitin connection. Nature 416, 381–383 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/416381a

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