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Generating a Fractal Microstructure of Laminin-111 to Signal to Cells
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Kristan Jensen1, Amir Raz2

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada.

Physical Review Letters
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