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Actors in the cell reprogramming drama

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The transformation of skin cells into stem cells is a fascinating but poorly understood process. At last, the molecular characters underlying the initial steps have been revealed. See Letter p.652

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Figure 1: Cell metamorphosis.

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  1. Kyle M. Loh is in the Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.,

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  2. Bing Lim is at the Stem Cell & Developmental Biology Group, Genome Institute of Singapore, 138672 Singapore, and at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.,

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