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The establishment of pure mammalian epidermal melanocyte cultures through growth in high levels of mycostatin

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    Leon M. Wilkins & George Szabo

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Wilkins, L.M., Szabo, G. The establishment of pure mammalian epidermal melanocyte cultures through growth in high levels of mycostatin. Arch Dermatol Res 270, 483–486 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00403793

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