Cortical Forces in Cell Shape Changes and Tissue Morphogenesis

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 95, Issue , 2011, Pages 93-144

  Rauzi, Matteo ^a,b   Lenne, Pierre François ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BOOK; CELL ADHESION; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA; EYE; FORELIMB; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CELL ADHESION; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA; EYE; LASER THERAPY; MORPHOGENESIS; WING;

EID: 79954452808     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385065-2.00004-9     Document Type: Book

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