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Nature Cell Biology 10, 757–759 (1 July 2008) | doi:10.1038/ncb0708-757

Breaking down EMT

Romain Levayer & Thomas Lecuit

Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) was originally described by embryologists and occurs in many developmental processes. For example, the formation of separate tissue layers from a single epithelial layer during gastrulation is associated with EMT.