Cell communication and tissue engineering

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-66

  Rossello, Ricardo A ^a   Kohn, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Calcium; Connexin 43 (Cx43); Gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC); Micromass cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952844164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.3.1.10141     Document Type: Article

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