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Cell Contact Phenomena and Their Implication in Cell Communication

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Intercellular Communication

Abstract

Before junctions can be formed, parts of apposing cell surfaces must make contact with each other; interactions occurring before, during, and after contact also appear to play an important role in junction formation. In this presentation, we will consider various aspects of cell contact from a predominandy biophysical viewpoint. Our approach is iterative in the sense that we move back and forth between physical theory and observations on living cells.

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Weiss, L., Harlos, J.P. (1977). Cell Contact Phenomena and Their Implication in Cell Communication. In: De Mello, W.C. (eds) Intercellular Communication. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2283-2_2

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