An EGFR autocrine loop encodes a slow-reacting but dominant mode of mechanotransduction in a polarized epithelium
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ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
PROVIDER: GSE19500 | GEO | 2009/12/16
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA122419
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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