title: Crumbling under pressure.
abstract: In order for an organism to maintain its form, it must be able to withstand physical perturbation, including the pull of gravity. A recent study in Nature from Porazinski and colleagues (2015) suggests that mechanisms promoting tissue tension are critical to resist the Earth's downward pull.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Frank M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: acmartin@mit.edu.
authors.forename: Adam C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size / Q000235:genetics*; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000235:genetics*; D009990:Oryzias / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology*
chemical_list: D029941:Fish Proteins