title: Tensions divide.
abstract: During development, proliferating cells are organized into compartments with boundaries across which cells fail to intermix. Compartment boundaries are often attributed to differential cell-cell adhesion between separate compartments. However, tension generated by actomyosin cables at boundaries can also function as a barrier that prevents cell mixing.
authors.forename: Adam C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Eric F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Wieschaus
mesh_terms: D000205:Actomyosin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D002449:Cell Aggregation; D002451:Cell Compartmentation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000205:Actomyosin