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Morphogenesis: shroom in to close the neural tube
1Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Walk, UK. paul.martin@bristol.ac.uk
Current Biology : CB
|March 19, 2004
Abstract:
A novel actin-binding protein, Shroom, localises to precisely those cells that will constrict during cranial neural tube closure and appears pivotal in regulating the apical constrictions that drive epithelial foldings in vertebrate embryos.