Time for assembly of new cell contacts

Range 6 - 15 min
Organism Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Reference Classen AK, Anderson KI, Marois E, Eaton S. Hexagonal packing of Drosophila wing epithelial cells by the planar cell polarity pathway. Dev Cell. 2005 Dec9(6):805-17. p.807 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID16326392
Comments p.807 right column bottom paragraph:"Assembly of new cell contacts takes place within 6–15 min—much more rapidly than junctions assemble de novo in embryonic epithelia (Tepass and Hartenstein, 1994 PMID 8314002)." Keywords:construction,growth,duration
Entered by Uri M
ID 112073