Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Actin polymerisation and crosslinking drive left-right asymmetry in single cell and cell collectives

  • Yee Han Tee,
  • Wei Jia Goh,
  • Xianbin Yong,
  • Hui Ting Ong,
  • Jinrong Hu,
  • Ignacius Yan Yun Tay,
  • Shidong Shi,
  • Salma Jalal,
  • Samuel F. H. Barnett,
  • Pakorn Kanchanawong,
  • Wenmao Huang,
  • Jie Yan,
  • Yong Ann Ben Lim,
  • Visalatchi Thiagarajan,
  • Alex Mogilner,
  • Alexander D. Bershadsky

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35918-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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In this work, the authors identify regulators of actin filament assembly involved in chiral organisation of the actin cytoskeleton in single cells and chiral alignment of cells in groups. This provides insights into how actin-driven chirality underlies tissue and organ asymmetry.