TY - JOUR AU - Molè, Matteo A AU - Galea, Gabriel L AU - Rolo, Ana AU - Weberling, Antonia AU - Nychyk, Oleksandr AU - De Castro, Sandra C AU - Savery, Dawn AU - Fässler, Reinhard AU - Ybot-González, Patricia AU - Greene, Nicholas D E AU - Copp, Andrew J PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.01.012 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15090 T2 - Developmental cell AB - Epithelial fusion is a key process of morphogenesis by which tissue connectivity is established between adjacent epithelial sheets. A striking and poorly understood feature of this process is "zippering," whereby a fusion point moves directionally... LA - en KW - cell adhesion KW - epithelial zippering KW - extracellular matrix KW - fibronectin KW - fusion KW - gap closure KW - integrins KW - morphogenesis KW - neurulation KW - spina bifida KW - Actomyosin KW - Animals KW - Cell Fusion KW - Embryo, Mammalian KW - Epithelial Cells KW - Female KW - Focal Adhesions KW - Integrin beta1 KW - Mice KW - Mice, Inbred BALB C KW - Mice, Inbred C57BL KW - Mice, Knockout KW - Morphogenesis KW - Neural Crest KW - Neural Tube KW - Neurulation TI - Integrin-Mediated Focal Anchorage Drives Epithelial Zippering during Mouse Neural Tube Closure. TY - research article VL - 52 ER -