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Embryogenesis meets tumorigenesis

Nature Medicine volume 12, pages 882–884 (2006)Cite this article

Transplantation of metastatic melanoma cells into zebrafish embryo disrupts development—and identifies a potential new drug target for this deadly cancer (pages 925–932).

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Figure 1: Nodal expression in melanoma.

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