The epithelial-mesenchymal transition generates cells with properties of stem cells.

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Published in Cell on May 16, 2008

Authors

Sendurai A Mani1, Wenjun Guo, Mai-Jing Liao, Elinor Ng Eaton, Ayyakkannu Ayyanan, Alicia Y Zhou, Mary Brooks, Ferenc Reinhard, Cheng Cheng Zhang, Michail Shipitsin, Lauren L Campbell, Kornelia Polyak, Cathrin Brisken, Jing Yang, Robert A Weinberg

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1: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. smani@mdanderson.org

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