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Protamine stimulates serum-free growth of human muscle cells

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  1. Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Campus Box 347, 80309, Boulder, Colorado

    Zetan Nie & Richard G. Ham

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The tissue specimens were obtained from the Cooperative Human Tissue Network which is funded by the National Cancer Institute. This work was supported by an NIH grant (AR 39860).

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Nie, Z., Ham, R.G. Protamine stimulates serum-free growth of human muscle cells. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol – Animal 27, 677–680 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02633209

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