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How do cells know what shape they are?

Hui Kang1, Daniel J Lew2

  • 1Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.

Current Genetics
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Cell shapeCheckpointCurvatureElm1SeptinsSwe1

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