'Velcro Protein' Found to Play Surprising Role in Cell Migration

Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

Studying epithelial cells, the cell type that most commonly turns cancerous, Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a protein that causes cells to release from their neighbors and migrate away from healthy mammary, or breast, tissue in mice.

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