Developmental biology: tension at the border.
A combination of biophysical measurements and computer simulation shows that a localised increase in cell bond tension prevents cell mixing at the anterior-posterior compartment boundary of Drosophila wing imaginal discs.
Vincent
Jean-Paul
JP
MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK. jvincen@nimr.mrc.ac.uk
Irons
David
D
D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology*; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000196:embryology