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Integrin-mediated death: An explanation of the integrin-knockout phenotype?

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Figure 1: A role for integrin αvβ3 in governing survival of angiogenic endothelial cells.

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Cheresh, D., Stupack, D. Integrin-mediated death: An explanation of the integrin-knockout phenotype?. Nat Med 8, 193–194 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0302-193

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