Epithelial Packing: Even the Best of Friends Must Part.

Publication Year
2018

Type

Journal Article
Abstract

Textbooks commonly describe epithelia as tissues composed of regular arrays of prism-shaped cells. A recent study combining mathematical modeling with quantitative imaging has uncovered the scutoid, a new shape that is necessary for epithelial cells to pack into curved tissues.

Journal
Curr Biol
Volume
28
Issue
20
Pages
R1197-R1200
Date Published
2018 Oct 22
ISSN Number
1879-0445
Alternate Journal
Curr Biol
PMID
30352189