Apical stress fibers enable a scaling between cell mechanical response and area in epithelial tissue

Authors: Jesús M. López-Gay, Hayden Nunley, Meryl Spencer, Florencia di Pietro, Boris Guirao, Floris Bosveld, Olga Markova, Isabelle Gaugue, Stéphane Pelletier, David K. Lubensky, Yohanns Bellaïche

Published: 2020-11-03

DOI: 10.1126/science.abb2169

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Fiber tension enables tissue scaling