Large, long range tensile forces drive convergence during Xenopus blastopore closure and body axis elongation

The Molecular Basis of Radial Intercalation during Tissue Spreading in Early Development

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Mechanical Strain Determines the Axis of Planar Polarity in Ciliated Epithelia

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Force production and mechanical accommodation during convergent extension

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Mechanics of blastopore closure during amphibian gastrulation

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The involvement of PCP proteins in radial cell intercalations during Xenopus embryonic development

(2015) Olga Ossipova et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Kif2a depletion generates chromosome segregation and pole coalescence defects in animal caps and inhibits gastrulation of the Xenopus embryo

(2015) Gerald Eagleson et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Tissue cohesion and the mechanics of cell rearrangement

(2014) R. David et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Distinct Apical and Basolateral Mechanisms Drive Planar Cell Polarity-Dependent Convergent Extension of the Mouse Neural Plate

(2014) Margot Williams et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Mechanochemical actuators of embryonic epithelial contractility

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Role of Rab11 in planar cell polarity and apical constriction during vertebrate neural tube closure

(2014) Olga Ossipova et al.   Nature Communications

Generating suspended cell monolayers for mechanobiological studies

(2013) Andrew R Harris et al.   Nature Protocols

Characterizing the mechanics of cultured cell monolayers

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Large-scale mechanical properties of Xenopus embryonic epithelium

(2011) O. Luu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Acto-myosin based response to stiffness and rigidity sensing

(2011) Jonathan Fouchard et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Mechanics of head fold formation: investigating tissue-level forces during early development

(2010) V. D. Varner et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Macroscopic stiffening of embryonic tissues via microtubules, RhoGEF and the assembly of contractile bundles of actomyosin

(2010) J. Zhou et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Integration of contractile forces during tissue invagination

(2010) Adam C. Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Pulsed Forces Timed by a Ratchet-like Mechanism Drive Directed Tissue Movement during Dorsal Closure

(2009) Jerome Solon et al.   CELL

PTK7 is essential for polarized cell motility and convergent extension during mouse gastrulation

(2009) W. W. Yen et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Actomyosin stiffens the vertebrate embryo during crucial stages of elongation and neural tube closure

(2009) J. Zhou et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Myosin II Dynamics Are Regulated by Tension in Intercalating Cells

(2009) Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Experimental control of excitable embryonic tissues: three stimuli induce rapid epithelial contraction

(2009) Sagar D. Joshi et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Drosophila morphogenesis: Tissue force laws and the modeling of dorsal closure

(2009) Anita T. Layton et al.   HFSP Journal

Morphogenetic movements driving neural tube closure in Xenopus require myosin IIB

(2008) Ana Rolo et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Natural variation in embryo mechanics: gastrulation inXenopus laevisis highly robust to variation in tissue stiffness

(2008) Michelangelo von Dassow et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Actomyosin purse strings: Renewable resources that make morphogenesis robust and resilient

(2008) Alice Rodriguez‐Diaz et al.   HFSP Journal

Apoptotic Force and Tissue Dynamics During Drosophila Embryogenesis

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