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Roles of hydrostatic pressure in tissue morphogenesis
Chugh M, Munjal A*, Megason SG. Hydrostatic pressure as a driver of cell and tissue morphogenesis. Semin Cell Dev Biol. May 6 2022;doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.04.021 (*co-corresponding author)
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Munjal, A.,*, Hannezo, E., Tsai, T-Y., Mitchison, T.J., Megason, S.G. Extracellular hyaluronate pressure shaped by cellular tethers drives tissue morphogenesis. Cell 184(26):6313-6325.e18, doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.11.025; bioRxiv, doi:10.1101/2020.09.28.316042 (2021) (*co-corresponding author)
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Self-organization of actomyosin networks
Munjal, A., Philippe, J.-M., Munro, E. & Lecuit, T. A self-organized biomechanical network drives shape changes during tissue morphogenesis. Nature 524, 351-355, doi:10.1038/nature14603 (2015).
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Banerjee, D. S., Munjal, A., Lecuit, T. & Rao, M. Actomyosin pulsation and flows in an active elastomer with turnover and network remodeling. Nature Communications 8, 1121, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01130-1 (2017).
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GPCR signaling in polarity of intracellular forces
Kerridge, S.*, Munjal, A. *, et al. Modular activation of Rho1 by GPCR signalling imparts polarized myosin II activation during morphogenesis. Nat Cell Biol 18, 261-270, doi:10.1038/ncb3302 (2016). (*co-first author)
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Review on the role of actomyosin networks in tissue morphogenesis
Munjal, A. & Lecuit, T. Actomyosin networks and tissue morphogenesis. Development 141, 1789-1793, doi:10.1242/dev.091645 (2014).
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