Collective Cell Migration Drives Morphogenesis of the Kidney Nephron

Aleksandr Vasilyev; Yan Liu; Sudha Mudumana; Steve Mangos; Pui-Ying Lam; Arindam Majumdar; Jinhua Zhao; Kar-Lai Poon; Igor Kondrychyn; Vladimir Korzh; Iain A Drummond

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000009

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Collective Cell Migration Drives Morphogenesis of the Kidney Nephron

Aleksandr Vasilyev,

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Yan Liu,

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Sudha Mudumana,

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Steve Mangos,

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Pui-Ying Lam,

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Arindam Majumdar,

Current address: Division of Matrix Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Jinhua Zhao,

Current address: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kar-Lai Poon,

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Singapore, Singapore
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Igor Kondrychyn,

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Singapore, Singapore
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Vladimir Korzh,

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Singapore, Singapore
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Iain A Drummond

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Idrummon@receptor.mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Nephrology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Collective Cell Migration Drives Morphogenesis of the Kidney Nephron

Aleksandr Vasilyev,
Yan Liu,
Sudha Mudumana,
Steve Mangos,
Pui-Ying Lam,
Arindam Majumdar,
Jinhua Zhao,
Kar-Lai Poon,
Igor Kondrychyn,
Vladimir Korzh

Published: January 6, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000009

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