Cell shape changes indicate a role for extrinsic tensile forces in Drosophila germ-band extension

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 859-864

  Butler, Lucy C ^a   Blanchard, Guy B ^a   Kabla, Alexandre J ^a   Lawrence, Nicola J ^b   Welchman, David P ^c   Mahadevan, L ^d,e   Adams, Richard J ^a   Sanson, Benedicte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ELONGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GASTRULATION; GERM CELL; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE INDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GERM CELLS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 67650095318     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1894     Document Type: Article

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