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In multicellular animal organisms, tissue cells exist and function under the conditions of their direct contacts with the extracellular matrix and with each other.
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Rovensky, Y.A. (2011). Introduction. In: Adhesive Interactions in Normal and Transformed Cells. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-304-2_1
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