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Live imaging molecular changes in junctional tension upon VE-cadherin in zebrafish.
Nature communications - 10 Nov 2017
Lagendijk Anne Karine, Gomez Guillermo A, Baek Sungmin, Hesselson Daniel, Hughes William E, Paterson Scott, Conway Daniel E, Belting Heinz-Georg, Affolter Markus, Smith Kelly A, Schwartz Martin A, Yap Alpha S, Hogan Benjamin M
Abstract excerpt
Forces play diverse roles in vascular development, homeostasis and disease. VE-cadherin at endothelial cell-cell junctions links the contractile acto-myosin cytoskeletons of adjacent cells, serving as a tension-transducer. To explore tensile changes across VE-cadherin in live zebrafish, we tailored an optical biosensor approach, originally established in vitro. We validate localization and function of a...
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