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A Method for Ovarian Follicle Encapsulation and Culture in a Proteolytically Degradable 3 Dimensional System
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The cytoplasmic filamentous network in cultured ovarian granulosa cells

B E Batten, J J Aalberg, E Anderson

    Cell
    |October 1, 1980
    PubMed

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