Q & A: What are exosomes, exactly?

BMC Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Edgar, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASES; EXOSOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMARKERS; DISEASE; EXOSOMES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84973659689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12915-016-0268-z     Document Type: Article

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