Transmembrane Batten disease proteins interact with a shared network of vesicle sorting proteins, impacting synaptic composition and function
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INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive Plus
ORGANISM(S): Mus Musculus (ncbitaxon:10090)
SUBMITTER: 
Jill M. Weimer
PROVIDER: MSV000089081 | MassIVE | Sat Mar 19 00:26:00 GMT 2022
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PXD032624
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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