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A handle on NSF

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New and exciting insights into the mechanism of membrane fusion emerge from the structures of Sec17 and of the amino-terminal domain of NSF, two proteins that play a central part in vesicular trafficking in organisms from yeast to man.

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Figure 1: Model for the assembly of the 20S particle from its components.

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  1. MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 2QH, UK

    David J. Owen

  2. Molecular NeuroPathobiology Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX, UK

    Giampietro Schiavo

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