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March 2018 in “Protoplasma” Lipopolysaccharides boost wheat seedling growth, but procyanidin B2 weakens this effect.
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February 2017 in “Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology” The TGF-β family helps control how cells change and move, affecting skin, hair, and organ development.
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April 2015 in “Developmental Dynamics” The conclusion is that skin and hair patterns are formed by a mix of cell activities, molecular signals, and environmental factors.
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June 2020 in “Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology” The PP2A-B55α protein is essential for brain and skin development in embryos.
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December 2003 in “Medical electron microscopy” The skin and mucous membranes can regenerate over the basement membrane after damage, using nearby surviving cells.