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Nature Cell Biology 1, E60–E61 (1 July 1999) | doi:10.1038/11113

Cells in search of a signal

Gin|[eacute]|s Morata & Konrad Basler

During development, cells communicate by sending and receiving signals over long distances. New findings indicate that target cells may pick up signals by projecting long cytoplasmic extensions to the point at which the signals are produced.