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Cell adhesion and cell mechanics during zebrafish development / Zelladhäsion und Zellmechanik während der Zebrafischentwicklung

During vertebrate development, gastrulation leads to the formation of three distinct germlayers. In zebrafish a central process is the delamination and the ingression of single cells from a common ancestor tissue - that will lead to the formation of the germlayers. Several molecules have been identified to regulate this process but the precise cellular mechanisms are poorly understood. Differential adhesiveness, a concept first introduced by Steinberg over 40 years ago, has been proposed to represent a key phenomena by which single hypoblast cells separate from the epiblast to form the mesendoderm at later stages. In this work it is shown that differential adhesion among the germlayer progenitor cells alone cannot predict germlayer formation. It is a combination of several mechanical properties such as cell cortex tension, cell adhesion and membrane mechanical properties that influence the migratory behavior of the constituent cells.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:14-qucosa-26093
Date11 January 2010
CreatorsKrieg, Michael
ContributorsTechnische Universität Dresden, Fakultät Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften, Daniel Müller, Carl-Philipp Heisenberg, Daniel Müller, Carl-Philipp Heisenberg
PublisherSaechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden
Source SetsHochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typedoc-type:doctoralThesis
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