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Apical Constriction
- Mechanism that precedes/ prepares for neural tube closure
- Changes rectangular epithelial cells into wedge shaped-cells by forcing the cells to contract (via protein actomyosin)
- Ultimately leads to bending of tissue, creating "hinge points" that are required for neural tube closure
- While apical constriction is a required prerequisite for neural tube closure, questions remain about whether this process is needed during the act of neural tube closure itself
- Knowing that many of the processes that drive cranial neural tube closure are unknown, apical constriction is being investigated for its possible role in this process
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Updated 2021-08-20
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