Epithelial tricellular junctions act as interphase cell shape sensors to orient mitosis

Floris Bosveld (), Olga Markova, Boris Guirao, Charlotte Martin, Zhimin Wang, Anaëlle Pierre, Maria Balakireva, Isabelle Gaugue, Anna Ainslie, Nicolas Christophorou, David K. Lubensky, Nicolas Minc and Yohanns Bellaïche ()
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Floris Bosveld: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
Olga Markova: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
Boris Guirao: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
Charlotte Martin: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
Zhimin Wang: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
Anaëlle Pierre: Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR7592 15 rue Hélène Brion
Maria Balakireva: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
Isabelle Gaugue: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
Anna Ainslie: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
Nicolas Christophorou: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
David K. Lubensky: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm
Nicolas Minc: Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR7592 15 rue Hélène Brion
Yohanns Bellaïche: Polarity, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26 rue d’Ulm

Nature, 2016, vol. 530, issue 7591, 495-498

Abstract: As fruitfly epithelial cells round up during mitosis, tricellular junctions serve as spatial landmarks, encoding information about interphase cell shape directionality to orient mitosis, and promoting geometric and mechanical sensing in epithelial tissues.

Date: 2016
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