Different types of cell-to-cell connections mediated by nanotubular structures

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4416-4425

  Veranič, Peter ^a   Lokar, Maruša ^a   Schütz, Gerhard J ^b   Weghuber, Julian ^b   Wieser, Stefan ^b   Hägerstrand, Henry ^c   Kralj Iglič, Veronika ^a   Iglič, Aleš ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLADDER; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CELL SURFACE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; CATTLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINE; CELL SURFACE EXTENSIONS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 58149160376     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.131375     Document Type: Article

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