Palmitoylation of pulmonary surfactant protein SP-C is critical for its functional cooperation with SP-B to sustain compression/expansion dynamics in cholesterol-containing surfactant films

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3234-3243

  Baumgart, Florian ^a   Ospina, Olga L ^a   Mingarro, Ismael ^b   Rodríguez Crespo, Ignacio ^a   Pérez Gil, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 78549294224     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.08.070     Document Type: Article

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