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Lenard, A., Affolter, M. (2013). Tugging organs into place.  Dev. Cell 27(3): 243--244.
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FBrf0223783
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Abstract
In this issue of Developmental Cell, Weavers and Skaer (2013) show that interplay between two opposing forces generated by tip cell attachment to muscles and migration of kink cells allows for the formation of the looped shape and positioning of renal tubules within the body of a fly larva.
PubMed ID
24229640
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DOI
10.1016/j.devcel.2013.10.021
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Tip cells act as dynamic cellular anchors in the morphogenesis of looped renal tubules in Drosophila.
Weavers and Skaer, 2013, Dev. Cell 27(3): 331--344 [FBrf0223292]

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    Language of Publication
    English
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    Publication Type
    Journal
    Abbreviation
    Dev. Cell
    Title
    Developmental Cell
    Publication Year
    2001-
    ISBN/ISSN
    1534-5807 1878-1551
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