Left/right, up/down: The role of endogenous electrical fields as directional signals in development, repair and invasion

BioEssays

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 759-766

  Robinson, Kenneth R ^a   Messerli, Mark A ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MOTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL TRANSPORT; CORNEA; DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; INSECT; MACROMOLECULE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT ROOT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BODY PATTERNING; CORNEA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; INSECTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; PLANT ROOTS; REGENERATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0042591716     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10307     Document Type: Review

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