Crumbling under pressure

Frank M Mason; Adam C Martin

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2015.04.005

Crumbling under pressure

Dev Cell. 2015 Apr 20;33(2):122-4. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.04.005.

Authors

Frank M Mason¹, Adam C Martin²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
² Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: acmartin@mit.edu.

PMID: 25898164
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.04.005

Abstract

In order for an organism to maintain its form, it must be able to withstand physical perturbation, including the pull of gravity. A recent study in Nature from Porazinski and colleagues (2015) suggests that mechanisms promoting tissue tension are critical to resist the Earth's downward pull.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Body Size / genetics*
Fish Proteins / metabolism*
Humans
Morphogenesis / genetics*
Oryzias / anatomy & histology*
Oryzias / embryology*

Substances

Fish Proteins