Probing the role of multicellular organization in three-dimensional microenvironments.

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Published in Nat Methods on May 01, 2006

Authors

Dirk R Albrecht1, Gregory H Underhill, Travis B Wassermann, Robert L Sah, Sangeeta N Bhatia

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Bioengineering, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

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