Cell biology: Death drags down the neighbourhood

An analysis of dying cells reveals that they play an active part in modifying tissue shape by pulling on neighbouring cells. This induces neighbouring cells to contract at their apices, which results in tissue folding. See Letter p.245.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Vasquez, Claudia G, Martin, Adam C
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer Nature 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106810
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8987-7508
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8060-2607

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