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Brandon M. Liu

University of California San DiegoORCID 0000-0002-2749-8182Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Assay:fluorescence / live-cell microscopy· 1 Organism:human· 1 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 1

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Cell BiologybioRxivPreprintJun 17, 2026

Stable Hrd1 tetramers at the heart of the retrotranslocon in living cells

Tim Abel, Shubha Subramanya, Brandon M. Liu…·Christopher John Obara

This study uses single-molecule imaging to show that Hrd1 forms stable tetramers in the ER, revealing a conserved hydrophobic motif critical for dislocation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.16.732623

humanfluorescence / live-cell microscopy

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