It is no mean feat for organisms to make and maintain their organs. The complex cellular and molecular processes involved are illustrated by two studies of the proteins that participate in producing a colon.
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Peifer, M. Colon construction. Nature 420, 274–275 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420274a
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