The miracle of morphogenesis cell adhesion, polarity and cytoskeletal regulation / Mark Peifer.

• Contents: Self-assembly of cells into tissues and organs -- Understanding this process from the molecular to whole animal level -- Different cell types -- Cell adhesion -- Epithelial sheets -- Drosophila cell adhesion -- Gastrulation -- Cadherin expression -- Normal cell behavior and human disease -- Abelson tyrosine kinase -- Ena and Abl -- How does Abl function during more complex events of morphogenesis -- Other actin regulators -- Dorsal closure -- Cells use ‘landmarks’ to establish and elaborate polarity -- Adherens junctions -- Drosophila cellularization -- Bazooka.

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Drosophila  -- genetics. (MeSH)