Control of stem cell fate by physical interactions with the extracellular matrix.

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Published in Cell Stem Cell on July 02, 2009

Authors

Farshid Guilak1, Daniel M Cohen, Bradley T Estes, Jeffrey M Gimble, Wolfgang Liedtke, Christopher S Chen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. guilak@duke.edu

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