Cell-to-cell heterogeneity in cortical tension specifies curvature of contact surfaces in caenorhabditis elegans embryos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Fujita, Masashi ^a   Onami, Shuichi ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CONTACT; CELL FUSION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL KILLING; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL TENSION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; SURFACE TENSION; TENSION; ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; LASER; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; PRESSURE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DEATH; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; LASERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; PRESSURE; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84855610626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030224     Document Type: Article

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