Tendon homeostasis: The right pull

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Sharir, Amnon ^a   Zelzer, Elazar ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 79959336473     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.025     Document Type: Short Survey

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