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  • Han, C., Song, Y., Xiao, H., Wang, D., Franc, N. C., Jan, L. Y., Jan, Y. N. Epidermal cells are the primary phagocytes in the fragmentation and clearance of degenerating dendrites in Drosophila Neuron  2014 81:544-560  DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2013.11.021  PMID:24412417  PMCID:PMC3995171
  • Wiser, O., Qian, X., Ehlers, M., Ja, W. W., Roberts, R. W., Reuveny, E., Jan, Y. N., Jan, L. Y. Modulation of basal and receptor-induced GIRK potassium channel activity and neuronal excitability by the mammalian PINS homolog LGN Neuron  2006 50:561-573  DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2006.03.046  PMID:16701207
  • Ja, W. W., Wiser, O., Austin, R. J., Jan, L. Y., Roberts, R. W. Turning G proteins on and off using peptide ligands ACS Chemical Biology  2006 1:570-574  DOI:10.1021/cb600345k  PMID:17168552  PMCID:PMC2802464
  • Lu, T., Ting, A. Y., Mainland, J., Jan, L. Y., Schultz, P. G., Yang, J. Probing ion permeation and gating in a K+ channel with backbone mutations in the selectivity filter Nature Neuroscience  2001 4:239-246  DOI:10.1038/85080  PMID:11224539
  • Li, M., Unwin, N., Stauffer, K. A., Jan, Y. N., Jan, L. Y. Images of purified shaker potassium channels Current Biology  1994 4:110-115  DOI:10.1016/s0960-9822(94)00026-6  PMID:7953509
  • Bowers, C. W., Phillips, H. S., Lee, P., Jan, Y. N., Jan, L. Y. Identification and purification of an irreversible presynaptic neurotoxin from the venom of the spider hololena-curta Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America  1987 84:3506-3510  DOI:10.1073/pnas.84.10.3506  PMID:3033650