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Left-Right Asymmetry in Embryonic Development and Breast Cancer: Common Molecular Determinants?
30 Nov 2011
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At the first glance the vertebrate body appears to be symmetric, however, left and right sides are different. This is tightly controlled during embryonic development, and may as well affect the spatial occurrence of diseases. In the embryo, determination of the left and right sides takes place before and during gastrulation. Its failure results in heterotaxia, a diverse group of congenital laterality disorders...
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