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Lance Doucette
Back to facultyAdjunct Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual ScienceUniversity of Alberta
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Latest papers
FOXC1 modulates MYOC secretion through regulation of the exocytic proteins RAB3GAP1, RAB3GAP2 and SNAP25.
PloS one · 2017
1 publications.
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FOXC1 modulates MYOC secretion through regulation of the exocytic proteins RAB3GAP1, RAB3GAP2 and SNAP25.
Rasnitsyn A, Doucette L, Seifi M, Footz T, Raymond V, Walter MA
PloS one2017
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