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Fabczak, H., Fabczak, S. (2015). Signal Recognition in Lower Organisms: Light-Induced Control of Cell Movement in the Ciliates Blepharisma and Stentor . In: Wells, R., Bond, J., Klinman, J., Masters, B., Bell, E. (eds) Molecular Life Sciences. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6436-5_734-1
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