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How do endothelial cells orientate?

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  1. Vascular Biology Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, 44 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC 2A 3PX, UK

    Holger Gerhardt

  2. Laboratory of Vascular Biology Division of Matrix Biology, House A3, Plan 4, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Scheeles vag 2, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden

    Christer Betsholtz

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  1. Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana Center for Vascular Biology and Medicine, 975 Walnut Street IB 433, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA

    Matthias Clauss

  2. Institute of Pathology, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus TU Dresden, Fetscherstr 74, 01307, Dresden, Germany

    Georg Breier

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Gerhardt, H., Betsholtz, C. (2005). How do endothelial cells orientate?. In: Clauss, M., Breier, G. (eds) Mechanisms of Angiogenesis. Experientia Supplementum. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7311-3_1

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