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Asymmetric division of contractile domains couples cell positioning and fate specification

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  • Jean-Léon Maître

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory
    † Present addresses: Mechanics of Mammalian Development Group, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26, rue d’Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France (J.-L.M.); Bioquant, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (B.E.).)

  • Hervé Turlier

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

  • Rukshala Illukkumbura

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

  • Björn Eismann

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory
    † Present addresses: Mechanics of Mammalian Development Group, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3215, INSERM U934, 26, rue d’Ulm, 75248 Paris Cedex 05, France (J.-L.M.); Bioquant, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany (B.E.).)

  • Ritsuya Niwayama

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

  • François Nédélec

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

  • Takashi Hiiragi

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

Abstract

Here, a combination of biophysical measurement, modelling, and genetic and experimental manipulation of cell contractile components is used to analyse the formation of the inner cell mass in the early mouse embryo.

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  • Jean-Léon Maître & Hervé Turlier & Rukshala Illukkumbura & Björn Eismann & Ritsuya Niwayama & François Nédélec & Takashi Hiiragi, 2016. "Asymmetric division of contractile domains couples cell positioning and fate specification," Nature, Nature, vol. 536(7616), pages 344-348, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:536:y:2016:i:7616:d:10.1038_nature18958
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18958
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    1. Jessica E Forsyth & Ali H Al-Anbaki & Roberto de la Fuente & Nikkinder Modare & Diego Perez-Cortes & Isabel Rivera & Rowena Seaton Kelly & Simon Cotter & Berenika Plusa, 2021. "IVEN: A quantitative tool to describe 3D cell position and neighbourhood reveals architectural changes in FGF4-treated preimplantation embryos," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 19(7), pages 1-25, July.
    2. Özge Özgüç & Ludmilla de Plater & Varun Kapoor & Anna Francesca Tortorelli & Andrew G Clark & Jean-Léon Maître, 2022. "Cortical softening elicits zygotic contractility during mouse preimplantation development," PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 20(3), pages 1-23, March.
    3. Robin M. Skory & Adam A. Moverley & Goli Ardestani & Yanina Alvarez & Ana Domingo-Muelas & Oz Pomp & Blake Hernandez & Piotr Tetlak & Stephanie Bissiere & Claudio D. Stern & Denny Sakkas & Nicolas Pla, 2023. "The nuclear lamina couples mechanical forces to cell fate in the preimplantation embryo via actin organization," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-14, December.

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