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The planar cell polarity Vangl2 protein: From genetics to cellular and molecular functions.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology - 1 Sept 2018
Bailly Eric, Walton Alexandra, Borg Jean-Paul
Abstract excerpt
Planar cell polarity (PCP) refers to the capacity of a tissue, typically, but not exclusively, an epithelium, to transmit directional information across the tissue plane such that its cellular constituents can differentiate, divide or move in a coordinated manner and along a common axis, generally orthogonal to the apical-basal axis. PCP relies on a core module of highly conserved proteins originally identified...
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