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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: The seminal observation that mechanical signals can elicit changes in biochemical
    signalling within cells, a process commonly termed mechanosensation and mechanotransduction,
    has revolutionized our understanding of the role of cell mechanics in various
    fundamental biological processes, such as cell motility, adhesion, proliferation
    and differentiation. In this Review, we will discuss how the interplay and feedback
    between mechanical and biochemical signals control tissue morphogenesis and cell
    fate specification in embryonic development.
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author:
- first_name: Nicoletta
  full_name: Petridou, Nicoletta
  id: 2A003F6C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Petridou
  orcid: 0000-0002-8451-1195
- first_name: Zoltan P
  full_name: Spiro, Zoltan P
  id: 426AD026-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Spiro
- first_name: Carl-Philipp J
  full_name: Heisenberg, Carl-Philipp J
  id: 39427864-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
  last_name: Heisenberg
  orcid: 0000-0002-0912-4566
citation:
  ama: Petridou N, Spiro ZP, Heisenberg C-PJ. Multiscale force sensing in development.
    <i>Nature Cell Biology</i>. 2017;19(6):581-588. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3524">10.1038/ncb3524</a>
  apa: Petridou, N., Spiro, Z. P., &#38; Heisenberg, C.-P. J. (2017). Multiscale force
    sensing in development. <i>Nature Cell Biology</i>. Nature Publishing Group. <a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3524">https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3524</a>
  chicago: Petridou, Nicoletta, Zoltan P Spiro, and Carl-Philipp J Heisenberg. “Multiscale
    Force Sensing in Development.” <i>Nature Cell Biology</i>. Nature Publishing Group,
    2017. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3524">https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3524</a>.
  ieee: N. Petridou, Z. P. Spiro, and C.-P. J. Heisenberg, “Multiscale force sensing
    in development,” <i>Nature Cell Biology</i>, vol. 19, no. 6. Nature Publishing
    Group, pp. 581–588, 2017.
  ista: Petridou N, Spiro ZP, Heisenberg C-PJ. 2017. Multiscale force sensing in development.
    Nature Cell Biology. 19(6), 581–588.
  mla: Petridou, Nicoletta, et al. “Multiscale Force Sensing in Development.” <i>Nature
    Cell Biology</i>, vol. 19, no. 6, Nature Publishing Group, 2017, pp. 581–88, doi:<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1038/ncb3524">10.1038/ncb3524</a>.
  short: N. Petridou, Z.P. Spiro, C.-P.J. Heisenberg, Nature Cell Biology 19 (2017)
    581–588.
corr_author: '1'
date_created: 2018-12-11T11:47:53Z
date_published: 2017-05-31T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2025-09-10T14:23:21Z
day: '31'
department:
- _id: CaHe
doi: 10.1038/ncb3524
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intvolume: '        19'
isi: 1
issue: '6'
language:
- iso: eng
month: '05'
oa_version: None
page: 581 - 588
project:
- _id: 25236028-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425
  grant_number: ALTF534-2016
  name: The generation and function of anisotropic tissue tension in zebrafish epiboly
publication: Nature Cell Biology
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 1465-7392
publication_status: published
publisher: Nature Publishing Group
publist_id: '7040'
quality_controlled: '1'
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status: public
title: Multiscale force sensing in development
type: journal_article
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