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Insect muscle cell line forms contractile tissue networksin vitro

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  1. National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science, 1-2, Ohwashi, 305, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan

    Hajime Inoue, Jun Kobayashi & Hiromu Kawakita

  2. Institute of Biological Sciences, The University of Tsukuba, 305, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Jun-Ichi Miyazaki & Tamio Hirabayashi

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Inoue, H., Kobayashi, J., Kawakita, H. et al. Insect muscle cell line forms contractile tissue networksin vitro . In Vitro Cell Dev Biol - Animal 27, 837–840 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02630984

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