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Figure 5. Cell adhesion properties for the two modes of convergent extension. (a) Cell adhesion properties suggested for the crawling mode. Loose adhesion is required for the cell (colored gray) to crawl between neighboring cells (colored white). (b) Cell adhesion properties suggested for the contraction mode. Dynamic adhesion (green line) is required for the cells (colored white) to attach together and shrink the shared cell–cell junction, while not impeding contraction. Tighter adhesion (red line) between the cells exhibiting cell–cell junction shrinkage (white) and the cells consequently being pulled (colored gray) is required for the cell (gray) to be pulled by the contraction occurring between cells (white). Image published in: Shindo A (2018) © 2017 The Authors. This image is reproduced with permission of the journal and the copyright holder. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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