Novel transglutaminase-like peptidase and C2 domains elucidate the structure, biogenesis and evolution of the ciliary compartment.

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Published in Cell Cycle on September 14, 2012

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Dapeng Zhang1, L Aravind

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1: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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