A neural crest cell isotropic-to-nematic phase transition in the developing mammalian gut

oleh: Nicolas R. Chevalier, Yanis Ammouche, Anthony Gomis, Lucas Langlois, Thomas Guilbert, Pierre Bourdoncle, Sylvie Dufour

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01

Deskripsi

Chevalier et al. report that enteric neural crest cells transit during fetal development from an isotropic cell network to a square grid concomitantly with circular smooth muscle differentiation. They propose that smoothmuscle associated extracellular matrix drives this reorientation transition.