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. 1999 Sep 9;9(17):R655-7.
doi: 10.1016/s0960-9822(99)80416-3.

Filopodia: fickle fingers of cell fate?

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Filopodia: fickle fingers of cell fate?

P J Bryant. Curr Biol. .
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Abstract

Epithelial cells often produce extensions, known variously as filopodia, cell feet or cytonemes, which can extend across many cell diameters to directly contact non-adjacent cells. Do they function in morphogenesis, cell-cell signaling or both?.

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