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Comparative morphology of cells located on glass and in the loose connective tissue: a study by scanning electron

G Haemmerli, B Arnold, P Sträuli

    Cell Biology International Reports
    |August 1, 1984
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    cellular morphologysubstrate-dependent behaviorscanning electron microscopycell motility

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