Ciona embryonic tail bending is driven by asymmetrical notochord contractility and coordinated by epithelial proliferation

Different strategies for tissue scaling in dwarf tailbud embryos revealed by single-cell analysis

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Planar Differential Growth Rates Initiate Precise Fold Positions in Complex Epithelia

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Differential tissue growth and cell adhesion alone drive early tooth morphogenesis: An ex vivo and in silico study

(2018) Miquel Marin-Riera et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Mechanical stretch triggers rapid epithelial cell division through Piezo1

(2017) S. A. Gudipaty et al.   NATURE

Concerted action of neuroepithelial basal shrinkage and active epithelial migration ensures efficient optic cup morphogenesis

(2017) Jaydeep Sidhaye et al.   eLife

Developmental Control of Cell-Cycle Compensation Provides a Switch for Patterned Mitosis at the Onset of Chordate Neurulation

(2016) Yosuke Ogura et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Fibronectin contributes to notochord intercalation in the invertebrate chordate, Ciona intestinalis

(2016) Fernando Segade et al.   EvoDevo

Physical association between a novel plasma-membrane structure and centrosome orients cell division

(2016) Takefumi Negishi et al.   eLife

Analysis of cellular behavior and cytoskeletal dynamics reveal a constriction mechanism driving optic cup morphogenesis

(2016) María Nicolás-Pérez et al.   eLife

Regulation by a TGF -ROCK-actomyosin axis secures a non-linear lumen expansion that is essential for tubulogenesis

(2015) E. Denker et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Sequential Contraction and Exchange of Apical Junctions Drives Zippering and Neural Tube Closure in a Simple Chordate

(2015) Hidehiko Hashimoto et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Apico-basal forces exerted by apoptotic cells drive epithelium folding

(2015) Bruno Monier et al.   NATURE

Model-based Traction Force Microscopy Reveals Differential Tension in Cellular Actin Bundles

(2015) Jérôme R. D. Soiné et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Reciprocal and dynamic polarization of planar cell polarity core components and myosin

(2015) Erin Newman-Smith et al.   eLife

Spatiotemporal control of epithelial remodeling by regulated myosin phosphorylation

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An Equatorial Contractile Mechanism Drives Cell Elongation but not Cell Division

(2014) Ivonne M. Sehring et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Bending and twisting the embryonic heart: a computational model for c-looping based on realistic geometry

(2014) Yunfei Shi et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Tbx2/3 is an essential mediator within the Brachyury gene network during Ciona notochord development

(2013) D. S. Jose-Edwards et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Differential proliferation rates generate patterns of mechanical tension that orient tissue growth

(2013) Yanlan Mao et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Mitotic cell rounding accelerates epithelial invagination

(2013) Takefumi Kondo et al.   NATURE

Planar Cell Polarity Links Axes of Spatial Dynamics in Neural-Tube Closure

(2012) Tamako Nishimura et al.   CELL

Differential positioning of adherens junctions is associated with initiation of epithelial folding

(2012) Yu-Chiun Wang et al.   NATURE

Deconvolution of the Cellular Force-Generating Subsystems that Govern Cytokinesis Furrow Ingression

(2012) Christopher C. Poirier et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Neural tube defects-disorders of neurulation and related embryonic processes

(2012) Andrew J. Copp et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

Coordination of mitosis and morphogenesis: role of a prolonged G2 phase during chordate neurulation

(2011) Y. Ogura et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Distinct cytoskeleton populations and extensive crosstalk control Ciona notochord tubulogenesis

(2011) B. Dong et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Sequential Activation of Apical and Basolateral Contractility Drives Ascidian Endoderm Invagination

(2010) Kristin Sherrard et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Limited functions of Hox genes in the larval development of the ascidian Ciona intestinalis

(2010) T. Ikuta et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Eph Regulates Dorsoventral Asymmetry of the Notochord Plate and Convergent Extension-Mediated Notochord Formation

(2010) Izumi Oda-Ishii et al.   PLoS One

Tube formation by complex cellular processes in Ciona intestinalis notochord

(2009) Bo Dong et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

(2009) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

FGF3 in the floor plate directs notochord convergent extension in the Ciona tadpole

(2008) W. Shi et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Formation of the zebrafish midbrain–hindbrain boundary constriction requires laminin-dependent basal constriction

(2008) Jennifer H. Gutzman et al.   MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT

Pulsed contractions of an actin–myosin network drive apical constriction

(2008) Adam C. Martin et al.   NATURE