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SUBMITTER: Clarke DN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10769333 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clarke D Nathaniel DN Martin Adam C AC
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 20231222
The movements that give rise to the body's structure are powered by cell shape changes and rearrangements that are coordinated at supracellular scales. How such cellular coordination arises and integrates different morphogenetic programs is unclear. Using quantitative imaging, we found a complex pattern of adherens junction (AJ) levels in the ectoderm prior to gastrulation onset in <i>Drosophila</i>. AJ intensity exhibited a double-sided gradient, with peaks at the dorsal midline and ventral neu ...[more]