Featured Publications
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
2016
A Sawtooth Pattern of Cadherin 2 Stability Mechanically Regulates Somite Morphogenesis
McMillen P, Chatti V, Jülich D, Holley SA. A Sawtooth Pattern of Cadherin 2 Stability Mechanically Regulates Somite Morphogenesis. Current Biology 2016, 26: 542-549. PMID: 26853361, PMCID: PMC4822709, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.12.055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCadherinsExtracellular MatrixMesodermMorphogenesisSomitesZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsConceptsECM assemblyGenetic mosaicsPosterior somitesDifferential cadherin expressionExtracellular matrixCell-ECM adhesionFN matrix assemblyBoundary formationVertebrate gastrulationSomite boundariesSomite morphogenesisCytoskeletal contractilityParaxial mesodermEmbryonic precursorsCDH activityMatrix assemblyCadherin expressionCDH2SomitesTissue boundariesIntegrin α5SomitogenesisCell sortingCell aggregatesAssembly
1999
8 Somitogenesis in Zebrafish
Holley S, Nüsslein-Volhard C. 8 Somitogenesis in Zebrafish. Current Topics In Developmental Biology 1999, 47: 247-277. PMID: 10595307, DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(08)60727-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomite segmentationSegment polarity genesSpecific muscle typesExtension of axonsPolarity genesNotochord formationDanio rerioSomite developmentGenetic analysisMedial somiteMutantsSomitesGenesEmbryological studiesPrimary motoneuronsSomitogenesisSlow muscle fibersZebrafishNotochordMuscle typesDevelopment of motoneuronsDifferentiationMorphological transitionDrosophilaRerio