Apical constriction: Themes and variations on a cellular mechanism driving morphogenesis

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1987-1998

  Martin, Adam C ^a   Goldstein, Bob ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Adhesion; Apical; Cadherin; Constriction; Myosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CADHERIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

APICAL CONSTRICTION; APICAL MEMBRANE; CELL CONTRACTILITY; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; CHICK; DROSOPHILA; FORCE; GASTRULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOMERE; VERTEBRATE;

ACTIN; ADHESION; APICAL; CADHERIN; CONSTRICTION; MYOSIN;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; CONSTRICTION; CYTOKINESIS; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 84900030464     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.102228     Document Type: Review

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