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Early events in cell adhesion and polarity during epithelial-mesenchymal transition
1 Oct 2012
Abstract excerpt
During evolution from primitive species, a mechanism, termed epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), was established to create mesenchymal cells from a pre-existing epithelial cell layer. However, the direct and full conversion from an epithelial to a mesenchymal state is not observed in all species (Yin et al., 2009). Intermediate-staged cells harbor the greatest plasticity because they are able to either...
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