Tag: surfactant protein c

  • Nation & World

    Looking at lunglessness

    A recent study shows that a gene that produces surfactant protein c — a key protein for lung function — is expressed in the skin and mouths of lungless salamanders, suggesting it also plays an important role for cutaneous respiration.

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    Desmognathus fuscus. That is one of the lungless salamanders featured in the study