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SUBMITTER: Sartori-Rupp A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6341166 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sartori-Rupp Anna A Cordero Cervantes Diégo D Pepe Anna A Gousset Karine K Delage Elise E Corroyer-Dulmont Simon S Schmitt Christine C Krijnse-Locker Jacomina J Zurzolo Chiara C
Nature communications 20190121 1
The orchestration of intercellular communication is essential for multicellular organisms. One mechanism by which cells communicate is through long, actin-rich membranous protrusions called tunneling nanotubes (TNTs), which allow the intercellular transport of various cargoes, between the cytoplasm of distant cells in vitro and in vivo. With most studies failing to establish their structural identity and examine whether they are truly open-ended organelles, there is a need to study the anatomy o ...[more]