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. 2006 Sep 5;16(17):R673-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.014.

Cell signalling: changing shape changes the signal

Martin Howard  1
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Cell signalling: changing shape changes the signal

Martin Howard. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Recent experiments have revealed the existence of subcellular gradients of signalling molecules. A new modelling study shows that changes in cell shape or size allow gradient-controlled pathways to be turned on or off simply by altering the distance between the signal source and targets.

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