Distinct contributions of tensile and shear stress on E-cadherin levels during morphogenesis

The effects of mechanical forces, generated by actomyosin contractility, on E-cadherin based cell adhesion are poorly characterized in vivo. Here, the authors report that normal stress increases E-cadherin levels, whereas shear stress reduces E-Cadherin levels, in the developing Drosophila embryo.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Girish R. Kale, Xingbo Yang, Jean-Marc Philippe, Madhav Mani, Pierre-François Lenne, Thomas Lecuit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07448-8