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extracellular matrix

A mixture of proteins on the outside of a cell which helps the cell attach to a surface on which it can grow. The composition of this matrix in cancerous tissue is drastically different from the matrix in normal tissue and, partly because of this, the composition is thought to influence the regulation of cell growth, division, and differentiation.


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