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  1. Munc13 C2B domain is an activity-dependent Ca2+ regulator of synaptic exocytosis (2010)
    Jun Lu, Jeong Seop Rhee et al. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  2. The thioredoxin antioxidant system (2013)
    Jun Lu, Arne Holmgren Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  3. A Munc13/RIM/Rab3 tripartite complex: from priming to plasticity? (2005)
    Irina Dulubova, Xuelin Lou et al. The EMBO Journal
  4. Structural Basis for a Munc13–1 Homodimer to Munc13–1/RIM Heterodimer Switch (2006)
    Jun Lu, Mischa Machius et al. PLoS Biology
  5. Solution Structure of the Vam7p PX Domain, (2002)
    Jun Lu, J. Víctor García et al. Biochemistry
  6. Solution Structure of the RIM1α PDZ Domain in Complex with an ELKS1b C-terminal Peptide (2005)
    Jun Lu, Hongmei Li et al. Journal of Molecular Biology

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Works of Jun Lu being referenced

Disruption of the mitochondrial thioredoxin system as a cell death mechanism of cationic triphenylmethanes
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Munc13 C2B domain is an activity-dependent Ca2+ regulator of synaptic exocytosis
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Synthesis and characterization of Δlac-acetogenins that potently inhibit mitochondrial complex I
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High-resolution structures of oxidized and reduced thioredoxin reductase fromHelicobacter pylori
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Structural Basis for a Munc13–1 Homodimer to Munc13–1/RIM Heterodimer Switch
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Analysis and characterization of the IncFV plasmid pED208 transfer region
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Mechanistic Basis of Plasmid-Specific DNA Binding of the F Plasmid Regulatory Protein, TraM
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Inhibition of the Human Thioredoxin System
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Structural basis of specific TraD–TraM recognition during F plasmid‐mediated bacterial conjugation
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A minimal domain responsible for Munc13 activity
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Enantioselective allylation of aldehydes catalyzed by chiral indium(iii) complexes immobilized in ionic liquids
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The role of H‐NS in silencing F transfer gene expression during entry into stationary phase
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