Epigenetic aspects of telocytes/cordocytes: Jacks of all trades, masters of most

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Edelstein, Lawrence ^a   Smythies, John ^b  

^a Medimark Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordocytes; Electrical rhythms; Exosomes; Stem cells; Telocytes; Tissue repair

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893666644     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00032     Document Type: Article

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