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Editorial
. 2019 Jan 8;20(1):205.
doi: 10.3390/ijms20010205.

Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease

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Extracellular Matrix in Development and Disease

Julia Thom Oxford et al. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

The evolution of multicellular metazoan organisms was marked by the inclusion of an extracellular matrix (ECM), a multicomponent, proteinaceous network between cells that contributes to the spatial arrangement of cells and the resulting tissue organization. [...].

Keywords: cancer; extracellular matrix; hereditary diseases; integrins; muscle; reproduction; tissue engineering.

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