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biochemical convergence

A series of molecular simplification events which are seen in cells evolving toward malignancy: cells lose features of differentiation and organ-specificity such as microvilli, desmosomes and intermediate filaments, and suffer down-regulation of differentiated enzymes.

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malignant cell

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