Mechanical forces as information: an integrated approach to plant and animal development

Mechanical forces as information: an integrated approach to plant and animal development

Mechanical forces such as tension and compression act throughout growth and development of multicellular organisms. These forces not only affect the size and shape of the cells and tissues but are capable of modifying the expression of genes and the localization of molecular components within the ce...

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Main Authors: Valeria eHernández-Hernández, Denisse eRueda, Lorena eCaballero, Elena R. Alvarez-Buylla, Mariana eBenitez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
mechanical forces
tensegrity
positional information
multicellular development
stem-cell niches
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2014.00265/full

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