Syncytial Nets Vs. Chemical Signaling: Emerging Properties of Alternative Integrative Systems

Overview

Journal Front Cell Dev Biol

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2023 Dec 21

PMID 38125877

Authors

Leonid L Moroz

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