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. 2020 Apr 30;181(3):495-497.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.017. Epub 2020 Mar 31.

The Glue that Binds Us: The Hunt for the Molecular Basis for Multicellularity

W James Nelson  1
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The Glue that Binds Us: The Hunt for the Molecular Basis for Multicellularity

W James Nelson. Cell. .
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Abstract

This year's Canada Gairdner International Prize is shared by Rolf Kemler and Masatoshi Takeichi for the discovery of the cadherin family of Ca2+-dependent cell-cell adhesion proteins, which play essential roles in animal evolution, tissue development, and homeostasis, and are disrupted in human cancers.

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