Movie 1

Movies show the convergence and zippering of the two opposite epithelial cell sheets. The first cell row of the epithelial sheets is highlighted by EGFP. Wild-type, shot RNAi and shot mutant embryos are shown. Convergence happens similar to the wild type but zippering is delayed.

The spectraplakin Short stop is an essential microtubule regulator involved in epithelial closure in Drosophila

Zsanett Takács, Ferenc Jankovics, Péter Vilmos, Péter Lénárt, Katja Röper, and Miklós Erdélyi

J Cell Sci 2017. 130:712-724; doi: 10.1242/jcs.193003