Differential turnover of apicobasal regulators drives emergent mechano-response and shape homeostasis
Jesús M. López-Gay, Uday Ram Gubbala, Priscillia Pierre-Elies, Inês Cristo, Diana Pinheiro, Édouard Hannezo, Yohanns Bellaı̈che
The paper identifies a mechano-chemical feedback mechanism in Drosophila epithelial cells that maintains junction length and shape stability through differential turnover of apicobasal regulators.
bioRxiv · Aug 12, 2026 · PreprintBiophysics