Abstract
Transitions between epithelium and mesenchyme, in either direction, contribute repeatedly to animal development. Three striking papers suggest that distinct components with opposite activities, which together form a complex known for its role in cytokinesis, control these opposite transitions.
MeSH Terms
Adherens Junctions/metabolism
Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans/embryology,metabolism
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/metabolism
Cell Division/physiology
Cell Movement/physiology
Cell Polarity/physiology
Drosophila/embryology,metabolism
Drosophila Proteins/metabolism
Epithelium/embryology
GTPase-Activating Proteins/metabolism
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/metabolism
Kinesins/metabolism
Mesoderm/cytology
Microtubules/metabolism
Models, Biological
Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
rho GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism
Chemicals
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Drosophila Proteins
GTPase-Activating Proteins
Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
Pbl protein, Drosophila
Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors
ZEN-4 protein, C elegans
rho GTPase-activating protein
Kinesins
rho GTP-Binding Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Labouesse Michel
IGBMC, 1 rue Laurent Fries, BP10142, 67404 Illkirch, France. lmichel@igbmc.u-strasbg.fr