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. 2017 Jan 23;27(2):R68-R70.
doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.043.

Embryonic Trogocytosis: Neighborly Nibbling during Development

Justin S A Perry  1 , Kodi S Ravichandran  2
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Embryonic Trogocytosis: Neighborly Nibbling during Development

Justin S A Perry et al. Curr Biol. .
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New work in Caenorhabditis elegans shows that during embryogenesis endodermal cells interact with and regulate primordial germ cells by actively excising and digesting germ cell lobes. Endodermal cells utilize proteins linked to endocytosis to perform this unique 'cannibalistic' process.

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