A 3D cell shape that enables tube formation

Guy Blanchard ()

Nature, 2018, vol. 561, issue 7722, 182-183

Abstract: Sheets of cells called epithelia can curve into tubes in embryos. Modelling and in vivo observations reveal that cells in tubes adopt an asymmetric cell shape dubbed scutoid, contrary to some previous assumptions.

Keywords: Developmental biology; Biophysics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-06162-1

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