title: Vertebrate gastrulation: polarity genes control the matrix.
abstract: The PCP signaling cascade controls polarized cell behaviors in various organisms. New evidence suggests that this signaling cascade also controls the deposition of extracellular matrix during vertebrate gastrulation.
authors.affiliation: Section of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology & Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin 78712, USA.wallingford@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wallingford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D022081:Cell Surface Extensions / Q000502:physiology; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000502:physiology; D005775:Gastrula / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000196:embryology*
chemical_list: D005353:Fibronectins