Probing compression versus stretch activated recruitment of cortical actin and apical junction proteins using mechanical stimulations of suspended doublets.
X. Gao, B. R. Acharya, W. O. Engl, R. de Mets, J.-P. Thiery, A. Yap, V. Viasnoff
This study uses mechanical stimulation of suspended cell doublets to investigate how cortical actin and junction proteins respond to compression versus stretch at cell-cell contacts.
bioRxiv · Apr 18, 2018Biophysics