title: Pli Selon Pli: Mechanochemical Feedback and the Morphogenetic Role of Contractility at Cadherin Cell-Cell Junctions.
abstract: Cellular contractility, driven by actomyosin networks coupled to cadherin cell-cell adhesion junctions, is a major determinant of cellular rearrangement during morphogenesis. It now emerges that contractility arises as the emergent property of a mechanochemical feedback system that encompasses the signals that regulate contractility and the elements of the actomyosin network itself.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Program in Membrane Interface Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: Bipul R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Acharya
authors.affiliation: Division of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Program in Membrane Interface Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Electronic address: a.yap@imb.uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Alpha S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Yap
mesh_terms: D000205:Actomyosin / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007365:Intercellular Junctions / Q000502:physiology*; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular / Q000502:physiology*; D009024:Morphogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015820:Cadherins; D000205:Actomyosin
keywords: Actomyosin; Cadherin; Contractility; Feedback network