Cell-state transitions regulated by SLUG are critical for tissue regeneration and tumor initiation.

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Published in Stem Cell Reports on April 24, 2014

Authors

Sarah Phillips1, Aleix Prat2, Maja Sedic1, Theresa Proia3, Ania Wronski1, Sohini Mazumdar4, Adam Skibinski1, Stephanie H Shirley5, Charles M Perou6, Grace Gill4, Piyush B Gupta7, Charlotte Kuperwasser1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA ; Molecular Oncology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
2: Translational Genomics Group, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona 08035, Spain.
3: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA, 02142, USA.
4: Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
5: Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Science Park - Research Division, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA.
6: Department of Genetics and Pathology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA.
7: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA, 02142, USA ; Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

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