Curling of epithelial monolayers reveals coupling between active bending and tissue tension
J. Fouchard, T. P. J. Wyatt, A. Proag, A. Lisica, N. Khalilgharibi, P. Recho, M. Suzanne, A. Kabla, G. Charras
The paper studies epithelial curling to assess the role of active bending and tissue tension in morphogenesis, finding that curling arises from myosin-driven active curvature and is regulated by in-plane and out-of-plane stresses.
bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2019Biophysics