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Segurola, R.J., Sumpio, B.E. & Mills, I. Strain-induced dual alignment of L6 rat skeletal muscle cells. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 34, 609–612 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11626-996-0004-z
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