Death drags down the neighbourhood

Claudia G. Vasquez and Adam C. Martin ()
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Claudia G. Vasquez: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.
Adam C. Martin: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA.

Nature, 2015, vol. 518, issue 7538, 171-173

Abstract: 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

Date: 2015
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