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Science 7 August 1970:
Vol. 169. no. 3945, pp. 601 - 603
DOI: 10.1126/science.169.3945.601
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Cell Surface Coatings and Membrane Potentials of Malignant and Nonmalignant Cells

Lawrence L. Hause 1, Roland A. Pattillo 1, Anthony Sances Jr. 1, and Richard F. Mattingly 1

1 Reproductive and Cancer Biology Laboratories, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Allen-Bradley Medical Science Laboratory, and Biomedical Engineering Department, Marquette School of Medicine, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226

A positive surface potential indicating a cell coating is common to malignant cells, lymphocytes, and normal and malignant trophoblastic cells. This characteristic was not generally found for other normal cell types tested by microelectrode penetration.

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