Communicating artificial cells

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2016, Pages 53-61

  Lentini, Roberta ^a   Yeh Martín, Noël ^a   Mansy, Sheref S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL CELL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL ENGINEERING; CELL FREE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; HUMAN;

ARTIFICIAL CELLS; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS;

EID: 84975493086     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: 18790402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.06.013     Document Type: Review

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