Actomyosin controls planarity and folding of epithelia in response to compression
T. P. J. Wyatt, J. Fouchard, A. Lisica, N. Khalilgharibi, B. Baum, P. Recho, A. J. Kabla, G. T. Charras
This study shows that actomyosin cytoskeleton adapts to compressive forces in epithelia, enabling tissue flattening and regulated folding beyond a critical strain threshold.
bioRxiv · Sep 20, 2018Biophysics