Example of Tissue Folding Guided with Optogenetics (IMAGE)

European Molecular Biology Laboratory

Example of Tissue Folding Guided with Optogenetics

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Image 2. Example of optogenetics-guided tissue folding. The top image shows an embryo 10 minutes after illumination, and the bottom one 13 minutes afterwards: light-activated cells have folded inwards and thus moved downwards, creating a furrow.

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Stefano De Renzis, EMBL

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