Semiotic Tools For Multilevel Cell Communication

Biosemiotics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 365-382

  Giorgi, Franco ^a   Auletta, Gennaro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microvesicles; Multilevel; Scaffolding; Selection; Semiosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988329619     PISSN: 18751342     EISSN: 18751350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12304-016-9272-5     Document Type: Article

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