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Cell Chirality Offers Clues to the Mystery of Body Asymmetry
Researchers explore the idea that molecular patterns in individual cells could underlie the development of a left and a right in animals.
Cell Chirality Offers Clues to the Mystery of Body Asymmetry
Cell Chirality Offers Clues to the Mystery of Body Asymmetry

Researchers explore the idea that molecular patterns in individual cells could underlie the development of a left and a right in animals.

Researchers explore the idea that molecular patterns in individual cells could underlie the development of a left and a right in animals.

actin, developmental biology

Illustration of fibers in a cell twisting
Infographic: The Emergence of Chirality in the Cell Cytoskeleton
Catherine Offord | Feb 1, 2022 | 1 min read
Researchers use imaging to show how actin fibers tilt and then swirl to create left-right asymmetry in the cell.
Fellow Travelers
Dan Cossins | Feb 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Collective cell migration relies on a directional signal that comes from the moving cluster, rather than from external cues.
Go Forth, Cells
Dan Cossins | Jan 31, 2013 | 1 min read
Watch the cell transplant experiments in zebrafish that suggest certain embryonic cells rely on intrinsic directional cues for collective migration.
Grading on the Curve
Edyta Zielinska | Jun 1, 2012 | 2 min read
Actin filaments respond to pressure by forming branches at their curviest spots, helping resist the push.
Cell Change Up
Cristina Luiggi | Feb 9, 2012 | 3 min read
Imaging cell cytoskeletons during early embryonic development leads researchers to uncover a new regulator of cell shape
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