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The secretory membrane system studied in real-time. Robert Feulgen Prize Lecture, 2001

J Lippincott-Schwartz1

  • 1Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, NIH/NICHD, Bethesda, MD 20892-5430, USA. jlippin@helix.nih.gov

Histochemistry and Cell Biology
|October 31, 2001
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