Ccn proteins, microenvironment, communication and signaling: Why did we need a new journal?

Journal of Cell Communication and Signaling

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-3

  Perbal, Annick ^a   Perbal, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

CCN family of proteins; CCN3; Communication; Intercellular; Intracellular; Microenvironment; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880332086     PISSN: 18739601     EISSN: 1873961X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12079-007-0007-x     Document Type: Article

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