Juxtaparacrine

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That acts near the endocrine cell that released it not-comparable

    "A previous work showed that motor neurons use Slit2 to promote their axon fasciculation by an autocrine or juxtaparacrine mechanism ( Jaworski and Tessier-Lavigne, 2012 )."

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"A previous work showed that motor neurons use Slit2 to promote their axon fasciculation by an autocrine or juxtaparacrine mechanism ( Jaworski and Tessier-Lavigne, 2012 )."

Etymology

From juxta- + paracrine.

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