Merkel cells and touch domes: more than mechanosensory functions?

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Published in Exp Dermatol on July 16, 2014

Authors

Ying Xiao1, Jonathan S Williams, Isaac Brownell

Author Affiliations

1: Dermatology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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