title: Coordinating cell polarity: heading in the right direction?
abstract: A diverse group of researchers working on both plant and animal systems met at a Company of Biologists workshop to discuss 'Coordinating Cell Polarity'. The meeting included considerable free discussion as well as presentations exploring the ways that groups of cells in these various systems achieve coordinated cell polarity. Here, we discuss commonalities, differences and themes that emerged from these sessions that will serve to inform ongoing studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA jaxelrod@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Axelrod
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and HHMI, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Dominique C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Bergmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D016764:Cell Polarity; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D059828:Plant Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
keywords: Auxin; Cell polarity; Eukaryotes