Is transdifferentiation in trouble?
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Spectacular examples of transdifferentiation--such as brain cells turning to blood and blood to brain--have given way to sneaking suspicions about artifacts in culture, fusion, and clonality. Could cell fates be relatively fixed after all?
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of Cell Biology
دوره 157 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002