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A hormonally regulated gating mechanism controls EMT timing to ensure progenitor cell specification occurs prior to epithelial breakdown
Andrew T Plygawko, Jamie Adams, Zack Richards, Kyra Campbell
The paper identifies ecdysone as a temporal cue that gates EMT timing in Drosophila midgut development, ensuring progenitor cell specification occurs before epithelial breakdown.
DOI 10.1101/2025.07.19.665116