title: Turing's next steps: the mechanochemical basis of morphogenesis.
abstract: Nearly 60 years ago, Alan Turing showed theoretically how two chemical species, termed morphogens, diffusing and reacting with each other can generate spatial patterns. Diffusion plays a crucial part in transporting chemical signals through space to establish the length scale of the pattern. When coupled to chemical reactions, mechanical processes - forces and flows generated by motor proteins - can also define length scales and provide a mechanochemical basis for morphogenesis. forces and flows generated by motor proteins - can also define length scales and provide a mechanochemical basis for morphogenesis.
authors: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany. howard@mpi-cbg.de
authors: Jonathon
authors: J
authors: Howard
authors: Stephan W
authors: SW
authors: Grill
authors: Justin S
authors: JS
authors: Bois
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