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Dr. Stephen James Torres M.D.
Orthopedist
3400 Spruce St 2 Silverstein Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Stephen Torres is an orthopaedic surgeon practicing in LOS ANGELES, CA. Dr. Torres specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries, diseases and disorders of the bodys musculoskeletal system. As an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Torres tends to bones, ligaments, muscles, joints, nerves and tendons. Orthopaedic surgeons can specialize in certain areas like the hand, spine, hip, foot and ankle, shoulder and elbow or the knee.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- An SNP map of the human genome generated by reduced representation shotgun sequencing.
- Vps41p function in the alkaline phosphatase pathway requires homo-oligomerization and interaction with AP-3 through two distinct domains.
- Mutations in the VPS45 gene, a SEC1 homologue, result in vacuolar protein sorting defects and accumulation of membrane vesicles.
- A novel RING finger protein, Vps8p, functionally interacts with the small GTPase, Vps21p, to facilitate soluble vacuolar protein localization.
- A novel Sec18p/NSF-dependent complex required for Golgi-to-endosome transport in yeast.
- The AP-3 complex: a coat of many colours.
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