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Cell surface lipids and adhesion. IV. The effects of trypsin on lipid turnover by the plasmalemma

A S Curtis, O Hill

    Journal of Cell Science
    |August 1, 1979
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    cell membrane lipid turnovertrypsin effects on cellslysophospholipid accumulationplasmalemma biochemistry

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