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Original Article

The effect of naturally occurring cellular constituents on phase separation and opacification in calf lens nuclear homogenates

Phyllis Hammer Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
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George B. Benedek Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA; Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA
Pages 809-814 | Received 29 Mar 1983, Accepted 27 Sep 1983, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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