Fibronectin is a smart adhesive that both influences and responds to the mechanics of early spinal column development
Guillon E, Das D, Jülich D, Hassan AR, Geller H, Holley S. Fibronectin is a smart adhesive that both influences and responds to the mechanics of early spinal column development. ELife 2020, 9: e48964. PMID: 32228864, PMCID: PMC7108867, DOI: 10.7554/elife.48964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural tubeParaxial mesodermZebrafish neural tubeNormal vertebrate developmentVertebrate trunkVertebrate developmentFibronectin remodelingFibronectin matrixConvergence defectsMorphogenesisExtracellular matrixMesodermFibronectinColumn developmentSmart adhesivesCadherinMutantsAdhesive lap jointsAdhesionLap jointsSymmetric interfacesRemodelingShear stressDefects