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Actin and secretion of surfactant

E C Tsilibary, M C Williams

    The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry : Official Journal of the Histochemistry Society
    |November 1, 1983
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    actin cytoskeletonsurfactant exocytosistype II alveolar cellslamellar body transport

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