Apical spectrin organizes cortical actin filament bundles to pattern C. elegans cuticle ridges
Prioty F. Sarwar, Trevor J. Barker, Ken C. Q. Nguyen, Fung‐Yi Chan, David H. Hall, Ana Xavier Carvalho, Meera V. Sundaram
The paper shows that apical spectrin organizes actin filament bundles in C. elegans to pattern cuticle ridges, and its loss disrupts ridge formation and matrix delamination.
PLoS Genetics · Jul 16, 2026Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology