Non-chemical and non-contact cell-to-cell communication: A short review

American Journal of Translational Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 586-593

  Scholkmann, Felix ^a   Fels, Daniel ^b   Cifra, Michal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cell to cell communication; Physical signaling

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CONTACT; CELL CYCLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELLULAR STRESS SIGNAL; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84885027092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19438141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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