Cellular life is all slopes, arcs and circles — but there is much debate about how these curves are built. Kendall Powell reports.
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Kendall Powell is a freelance science writer based in Broomfield, Colorado.
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Powell, K. Cell biology: Ahead of the curve. Nature 460, 318–320 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/460318a
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