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Pan, J. and W. J. Snell. 2003. Kinesin-II and regulated intraflagellar transport of Chlamydomonasaurora protein kinase. Journal of Cell Science. 116: 2179-2186.

Pan, J., Misamore, M. J., Wang, Q., and Snell, W. J. 2003. Protein transport and signal transduction during fertilization in Chlamydomonas. Traffic. 4: 452-459.

Wang, Q. and W. J. Snell. 2003. Flagellar adhesion between mating type plus and mating type minus gametes activates a flagellar protein tyrosine kinase during fertilization in Chlamydomonas. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 278: 32936-32942.

Pan, J. and Snell, W. J. (2002) Kinesin II is required for flagellar sensory transduction during fertilization in Chlamydomonas. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 13: 1417-1426.

Zhao, H., Lu, M., Singh, R. and Snell, W. J. (2001) Ectopic expression of a mating type plus-specific homeodomain protein in mating type minus gametes in Chlamydomonas initiates zygote development without gamete fusion. Genes & Development. 15: 2767-2777.

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