Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial–mesenchymal transition

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TerminologyEpithelial–mesenchymal transitionConceptual frameworkBiologyData scienceComputational biologyBioinformaticsComputer scienceMetastasisCancerSociologyGenetics

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Year: 2020
Type: review
Volume: 21
Issue: 6
Pages: 341-352
Citations: 2119
Access: Closed

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                                    Jing Yang, 
                                
                                    Parker B. Antin, 
                                
                                    Geert Berx
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial–mesenchymal transition. 
                            Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
                            , 21
                            (6)
                            , 341-352.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-020-0237-9
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41580-020-0237-9