Epithelial morphogenesis: apoptotic forces drive cell shape changes.

Journal Article (Journal Article)

Studying how cells produce and transmit forces that drive morphogenesis is critical to understanding organismal development. A new paper by Monier et al. (2015) identifies an apicobasal actomyosin cable that characterizes apoptotic cells and contributes force(s) for cell sheet bending.

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Duke Authors

Kiehart, Daniel P.

Cited Authors

Kiehart, DP

Published Date

March 2015

Published In

Developmental Cell

Volume / Issue

32 / 5

Start / End Page

532 - 533

PubMed ID

25758861

Pubmed Central ID

PMC4494740

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

1878-1551

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1534-5807

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/j.devcel.2015.02.020

Language

eng