title: Epithelial morphogenesis: apoptotic forces drive cell shape changes.
abstract: Studying how cells produce and transmit forces that drive morphogenesis is critical to understanding organismal development. A new paper by Monier et al. (2015) identifies an apicobasal actomyosin cable that characterizes apoptotic cells and contributes force(s) for cell sheet bending.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Electronic address: dkiehart@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kiehart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D016764:Cell Polarity; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000166:cytology* / Q000196:embryology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000196:embryology*; D009024:Morphogenesis