Abstract
A Real Stretch: Mechanisms Behind Cell Elongation
Highlights
Does tightening your belt make you taller? You might be tempted to conclude so after learning the results of an intriguing study of how notochord cells elongate in embryos of a primitive sea creature
To shed light on the process, Di Jiang, Ivonne Sehring, Bo Dong, and colleagues took a close look at the formation, components, and activity of the actomyosin network that appears at the midsection of elongating notochord cells in the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis, which serves as a model chordate for development biology
The actomyosin ring is best known for being an integral part of the mechanism that splits one cell into two in the process of cell division, or cytokinesis
Summary
Does tightening your belt make you taller? You might be tempted to conclude so after learning the results of an intriguing study of how notochord cells elongate in embryos of a primitive sea creature. To shed light on the process, Di Jiang, Ivonne Sehring, Bo Dong, and colleagues took a close look at the formation, components, and activity of the actomyosin network that appears at the midsection of elongating notochord cells in the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis, which serves as a model chordate for development biology.
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