Cellular self-organization by autocatalytic alignment feedback

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4213-4220

  Junkin, Michael ^a   Leung, Siu Ling ^a   Whitman, Samantha ^b   Gregorio, Carol C ^b   Wong, Pak Kin ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphogenesis; Myogenesis; Self organization; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCATALYTIC ALIGNMENT FEEDBACK; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL FUSION; CELL SELF ORGANIZATION; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GEOMETRY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; MICE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES;

EID: 84856913528     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.088898     Document Type: Article

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