How embryo movement stimulates joint formation
Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 10:00
in Biology & Nature
A new study uncovers a molecular mechanism that explains why joints fail to develop in embryos with paralysed limbs. The research, published by Cell Press in the May issue of the journal Developmental Cell, answers a longstanding question about the influence of muscle activity on developing joints and underscores the critical contribution of movement to regulation of a signalling pathway that is important during development and beyond...