Publication in Developmental Cell for Baum Lab
Myosin II Controls Junction Fluctuations to Guide Epithelial Tissue Ordering
Curran et al, Developmental Cell, DOI 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.018
Highlights from the article:
• Fluctuations in junction length cause neighbor exchange events without morphogenesis
• The variance in junction tension determines how actomyosin influences T1 rates
• Globally increasing junctional actomyosin levels inhibits neighbor exchange
• A developmental increase in isotropic junction tension refines cellular packing
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