Extracellular matrix assembly stress drives Drosophila central nervous system morphogenesis
Eduardo Serna-Morales, Besaiz J. Sánchez-Sánchez, Stefania Marcotti, Anushka Bhargava, Anca Dragu, Liisa M Hirvonen, María-del-Carmen Díaz-de-la-Loza, Mátyás Mink, Susan Cox, Emily J. Rayfield, Brian Marc Stramer
This study shows that extracellular matrix assembly stress actively drives morphogenesis in Drosophila ventral nerve cord by generating surface tension during collagen-IV network formation.
bioRxiv · Apr 18, 2022 · PreprintDevelopmental Biology