Gap junctional communication in morphogenesis.

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Published in Prog Biophys Mol Biol on March 16, 2007

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Michael Levin1

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1: Forsyth Center for Regenerative and Devlopmental Biology, Forsyth Institute, and Developmental Biology Department, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA. mlevin@forsyth.org

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