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Title: Mechanical loading disrupts osteocyte plasma membranes which initiates mechanosensation events in bone: MEMBRANE DISRUPTION FOR OSTEOCYTE MECHANOSENSATION
Award ID(s):
1727949
PAR ID:
10051155
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
ISSN:
0736-0266
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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