Publication Date:
2017-08-01
Description:
Sorting at embryonic boundaries requires high heterotypic interfacial tension Nature Communications, Published online: 31 July 2017; doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00146-x The mechanisms that cause different cells to segregate into distinct tissues are unclear. Here the authors show in Xenopus that formation of a boundary between two tissues is driven by local tension along the interface rather than by global differences in adhesion or cortical contractility.
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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