Local mechanical forces promote polarized junctional assembly and axis elongation in Drosophila

Axis elongation is a conserved process in which the head-to-tail or anterior-posterior (AP) axis of an embryo extends. In Drosophila, cellular rearrangements drive axis elongation. Cells exchange neighbours by converging into transient multicellular vertices which resolve through the assembly of new...

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Main Authors: Jessica C Yu, Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-01-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/10757