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PubMed: 37916772 DOI: 10.15252/embr.202357739
Forceful patterning: theoretical principles of mechanochemical pattern formation.
EMBO Rep 24(12):e57739
Authors: Jan Rombouts, Jenna Elliott, Anna Erzberger
Affiliations
- Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.
- Developmental Biology Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Abstract
Biological pattern formation is essential for generating and maintaining spatial structures from the scale of a single cell to tissues and even collections of organisms. Besides biochemical interactions, there is an important role for mechanical and geometrical features in the generation of patterns. We review the theoretical principles underlying different types of mechanochemical pattern formation across spatial scales and levels of biological organization.
MeSH
Mechanics, Molecular Biology, Morphogenesis
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