An equatorial contractile mechanism drives cell elongation but not cell division.

Cell shape changes and proliferation are two fundamental strategies for morphogenesis in animal development. During embryogenesis of the simple chordate Ciona intestinalis, elongation of individual notochord cells constitutes a crucial stage of notochord growth, which contributes to the establishmen...

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Main Authors: Ivonne M Sehring, Bo Dong, Elsa Denker, Punit Bhattachan, Wei Deng, Birthe T Mathiesen, Di Jiang
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d403246992aa4abcac7228d3d1dba827
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