TGF-β-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition

Cell Research - Tập 19 Số 2 - Trang 156-172 - 2009
Jian Xu1, Samy Lamouille2, Rik Derynck2
1Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, Programs in Cell Biology and Developmental Biology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, Programs in Cell Biology and Developmental Biology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

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