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On the coupling of mechanics with bioelectricity and its role in morphogenesis

A Leronni1, L Bardella1, L Dorfmann2,3

  • 1Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy.

Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
|June 4, 2020
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Keywords:
bioelectricityelectrostatic stressmechanical stressmechanosensitive ion channelsmorphogenesisosmotic stress

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