Article
Mechanical Coupling between Endoderm Invagination and Axis Extension in Drosophila.
PLoS biology - 1 Jan 2015
Lye Claire M, Blanchard Guy B, Naylor Huw W, Muresan Leila, Huisken Jan, Adams Richard J, Sanson Bénédicte
Abstract excerpt
How genetic programs generate cell-intrinsic forces to shape embryos is actively studied, but less so how tissue-scale physical forces impact morphogenesis. Here we address the role of the latter during axis extension, using Drosophila germband extension (GBE) as a model. We found previously that cells elongate in the anteroposterior (AP) axis in the extending germband, suggesting that an extrinsic tensile force...
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