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Original Article

Ultrastructural localization of aA-crystallin to the bovine lens fiber cell cytoskeleton

Paul G. FitzGerald Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis CA 95616, USA
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Dcbra Graham Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis CA 95616, USA
Pages 417-436 | Received 17 Sep 1990, Accepted 02 Apr 1991, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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