Vertebrate gastrulation: separation is sticky and tense

Andrew J Ewald; John B Wallingford

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.016

Vertebrate gastrulation: separation is sticky and tense

Curr Biol. 2008 Jul 22;18(14):R615-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.016.

Authors

Andrew J Ewald¹, John B Wallingford

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA.

PMID: 18644340
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.06.016

Abstract

During vertebrate gastrulation, cells separate into different germ layers. A recent study investigates and quantifies the roles of cell adhesion and cortical tension during germ layer formation in zebrafish.

MeSH terms

Animals
Biophysical Phenomena
Biophysics
Cell Adhesion / physiology
Gastrulation / physiology*
Germ Layers / cytology
Germ Layers / embryology
Models, Biological
Surface Tension
Zebrafish / embryology*