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Transcriptional reprogramming in fused cells is triggered by plasma-membrane diminution
D. Feliciano, I. Espinosa-Medina, A. Weigel…·J. Lippincott-Schwartz
The paper shows that cell fusion triggers differentiation through plasma-membrane diminution, leading to transient cell starvation and activation of AMPK, which inhibits YAP1 and causes cell-cycle arrest.
DOI 10.1101/832378