Holding it together in the eye

Paul A. Janmey () and Dennis E Discher ()
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Paul A. Janmey: the Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
Dennis E Discher: the Institute for Medicine and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Nature, 2004, vol. 431, issue 7009, 635-636

Abstract: To form tissues, like cells must clump together. The striking resemblance between one cell aggregate in flies and a cluster of soap bubbles points to a crucial role for surface mechanics in biological pattern formation.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1038/431635a

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