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Tang, F., Peng, Y., Nau, J.J., Kauffman, E.J. and Weisman L.S. (2006) Vac8p, an armadillo repeat protein, coordinates vacuole inheritance with multiple vacuolar processes. Traffic 7:1368-77. PubMed Link
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Ishikawa, K., Catlett, N. L., Novak, J. L., Tang, F., Nau, J. J., & Weisman, L. S. (2003). Identification of an organelle-specific myosin V receptor. Journal of Cell Biology, 160, 887-897. PubMed Link
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Weisman, L.S. and Glick, B.S. (2002) Membranes and organelles - Editorial overview. Current Opinion in Cell Biology 14:397-399.
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Peng, C.Y., Tang, F. and Weisman, L.S. (2004) Regulated turnover of the vacuole-specific myosin-V receptor and its role in the spatial distribution of the vacuole. Molecular Biology of the Cell 15: (Suppl S), 431A.
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