Movie 4

Time-lapse movie a wild type embryo during the slow phase carrying sGMCA reporter to visulaize actin foci. Time interval: 10 seconds. Scale bar is 10 μm.

α-Catenin stabilises Cadherin–Catenin complexes and modulates actomyosin dynamics to allow pulsatile apical contraction

Jaime Jurado, Joaquín de Navascués, and Nicole Gorfinkiel

J Cell Sci 2016. 129:4496-4508; doi: 10.1242/jcs.193268