Seeing the Yin and Yang in Cell Biology
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Seeing the Yin and Yang in Cell Biology
Cells are the basic building blocks of living organisms, and they are extremely flexible in shape, internal organization, responsiveness to environmental cues, and function: such plasticity and versatility allow them, either alone or in combination, to fully sustain all life on Earth. How cells work has thus been a big question since the invention of the microscope and their discovery more than...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology of the Cell
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1059-1524,1939-4586
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e10-05-0452