A neural crest cell isotropic-to-nematic phase transition in the developing mammalian gut

Chevalier et al. report that enteric neural crest cells transit during fetal development from an isotropic cell network to a square grid concomitantly with circular smooth muscle differentiation. They propose that smoothmuscle associated extracellular matrix drives this reorientation transition.

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Main Authors: Nicolas R. Chevalier, Yanis Ammouche, Anthony Gomis, Lucas Langlois, Thomas Guilbert, Pierre Bourdoncle, Sylvie Dufour
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a247fe0b9bbb4d83b5ee6079157fdff8
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