Reprogramming cells and tissue patterning via bioelectrical pathways: Molecular mechanisms and biomedical opportunities

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 657-676

  Levin, Michael ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMEDICINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GENE EXPRESSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEOPLASMS; NERVE NET; ORGANOGENESIS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE;

EID: 84885708125     PISSN: 19395094     EISSN: 1939005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsbm.1236     Document Type: Article

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