Mixed cells - extensile and contractile (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

Mixed cells - extensile and contractile

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Mixed cell populations autonomously sort themselves into separate domains: islands of extensile cells with normal cell-cell contacts (purple) surrounded by contractile cells that have weakened cell-cell contacts (green).

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Amin Doostmohammadi

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