A Highlights from MBoC Selection: A contractile actomyosin network linked to adherens junctions by Canoe/afadin helps drive convergent extension - PMC

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Mol Biol Cell . 2011 Jul 15;22(14):2491–2508. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E11-05-0411 A contractile actomyosin network linked to adherens junctions by Canoe/afadin helps drive convergent extension Jessica K Sawyer Jessica K Sawyer a Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Find articles by Jessica K Sawyer a, * , Wangsun Choi Wangsun Choi a Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Find articles by Wangsun Choi a, † , Kuo-Chen Jung Kuo-Chen Jung a Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel

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