Cells secreting mucins over a 30-minute period (VIDEO)

Center for Genomic Regulation

Caption

Cells secreting mucins over a 30-minute period, with sacs or ‘granules’ containing the mucins shown as white dots. Normal cells secreting mucins are shown on the left. Cells with tetraspanin-8 knocked out are shown on the right, secreting double the number of mucins.

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Centre for Genomic Regulation/ Wojnacki et al. Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39277-9

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