The intracellular domain of Dumbfounded affects myoblast fusion efficiency and interacts with Rolling pebbles and Loner.

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Published in PLoS One on February 23, 2010

Authors

Sarada Bulchand1, Sree Devi Menon, Simi Elizabeth George, William Chia

Author Affiliations

1: Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. dr_umar_farooq@yahoo.com

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