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2025
Bischoff, Maik C;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2025)
Patterning in motion: Cell interfaces guide mesenchymal collective migration and morphogenesis.
Journal of Cell Biology
, 224
(11)
, Article e202505198. 10.1083/jcb.202505198.
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Bubna-Litic, M;
Mayor, R;
(2025)
Beyond mechanosensing: How cells sense and shape their physical environment during development.
Current Opinion in Cell Biology
, 94
, Article 102514. 10.1016/j.ceb.2025.102514.
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Diaz, J;
Patkunarajah, A;
Mayor, R;
(2025)
Cell migration during development: Is it always collective and never as a single cell?
In:
Current Topics in Developmental Biology.
(pp. 153-185).
Elsevier
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Le, Hoang Anh;
(2025)
Neighboring Cells as Living Substrates for Guiding Collective Cell Migration during Development.
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
, 17
(6)
, Article a041741. 10.1101/cshperspect.a041741.
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Mayor, Roberto;
(2025)
Forcing cell fate.
Nature Cell Biology
, 27
(10)
pp. 1594-1595.
10.1038/s41556-025-01775-x.
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Shellard, A;
Weißenbruch, K;
Hampshire, PAE;
Stillman, NR;
Dix, CL;
Thorogate, R;
Imbert, A;
... Mayor, R; + view all
(2025)
Frictiotaxis underlies focal adhesion-independent durotaxis.
Nature Communications
, 16
, Article 3811. 10.1038/s41467-025-58912-1.
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Villaseca, Soraya;
Leal, Juan Ignacio;
Tovar, Lina Mariana;
Ruiz, María José;
Guajardo, Jossef;
Morales-Navarrete, Hernan;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2025)
Gαi2 Interaction with EB1 controls microtubule dynamics and Rac1 activity in Xenopus neural crest cell migration.
Development
, Article dev.204235. 10.1242/dev.204235.
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2024
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Alasaadi, Delan N;
Alvizi, Lucas;
Hartmann, Jonas;
Stillman, Namid;
Moghe, Prachiti;
Hiiragi, Takashi;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2024)
Competence for neural crest induction is controlled by hydrostatic pressure through Yap.
Nature Cell Biology
10.1038/s41556-024-01378-y.
(In press).
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Alasaadi, Delan N;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2024)
Mechanically guided cell fate determination in early development.
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
, 81
, Article 242. 10.1007/s00018-024-05272-6.
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Bubna-Litic, M;
Charras, G;
Mayor, R;
(2024)
Tissue mechanics modulate morphogen signalling to induce the head organiser.
Cells and Development
, Article 203984. 10.1016/j.cdev.2024.203984.
(In press).
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De Robertis, Edward M;
Driever, Wolfgang;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2024)
Celebrating the centennial of the most famous experiment in embryology: Hilde Mangold, Hans Spemann and the organizer.
Cells & Development
, 178
, Article 203921. 10.1016/j.cdev.2024.203921.
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Weissenbruch, Kai;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2024)
Actomyosin forces in cell migration: Moving beyond cell body retraction.
BioEssays
, 46
(10)
, Article 2400055. 10.1002/bies.202400055.
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2023
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Alvizi, Lucas;
Nani, Diogo;
Brito, Luciano Abreu;
Kobayashi, Gerson Shigeru;
Passos-Bueno, Maria Rita;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2023)
Neural crest E-cadherin loss drives cleft lip/palate by epigenetic modulation via pro-inflammatory gene-environment interaction.
Nature Communications
, 14
(1)
, Article 2868. 10.1038/s41467-023-38526-1.
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Le, Hoang Anh;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2023)
Cell-matrix and cell-cell interaction mechanics in guiding migration.
Biochemical Society Transactions
, 51
(4)
pp. 1733-1745.
10.1042/BST20230211.
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Stillman, Namid R;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2023)
Generative models of morphogenesis in developmental biology.
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.02.001.
(In press).
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2022
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Barriga, Elias H;
Alasaadi, Delan N;
Mencarelli, Chiara;
Mayor, Roberto;
Pichaud, Franck;
(2022)
RanBP1 plays an essential role in directed migration of neural crest cells during development.
Developmental Biology
, 492
pp. 79-86.
10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.09.010.
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Canales Coutiño, Brenda;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2022)
Neural crest mechanosensors: Seeing old proteins in a new light.
Developmental Cell
, 57
(15)
pp. 1792-1801.
10.1016/j.devcel.2022.07.005.
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Hartmann, Jonas;
Mayor, Roberto;
(2022)
Self-organized collective cell behaviors as design principles for synthetic developmental biology.
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
10.1016/j.semcdb.2022.04.009.
(In press).
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2021
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Canales Coutiño, B;
Mayor, R;
(2021)
The mechanosensitive channel Piezo1 cooperates with semaphorins to control neural crest migration.
Development
, 148
(23)
10.1242/dev.200001.
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Canales Coutiño, B;
Mayor, R;
(2021)
Reprint of: Mechanosensitive ion channels in cell migration.
Cells & Development
, Article 203730. 10.1016/j.cdev.2021.203730.
(In press).
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Canales Coutiño, B;
Mayor, R;
(2021)
Mechanosensitive ion channels in cell migration.
Cells & Development
, 166
, Article 203683. 10.1016/j.cdev.2021.203683.
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Mayor, R;
(2021)
20 years of the Practical Course of Developmental Biology in Latin America: From Santiago to Quintay, via Juquehy, Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
International Journal of Developmental Biology
, 65
(1/2/3)
pp. 83-91.
10.1387/ijdb.200049rm.
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Shellard, A;
Mayor, R;
(2021)
Collective durotaxis along a self-generated stiffness gradient in vivo.
Nature
, 600
(7890)
pp. 690-694.
10.1038/s41586-021-04210-x.
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Shellard, A;
Mayor, R;
(2021)
Durotaxis: The Hard Path from In Vitro to In Vivo.
Developmental Cell
, 56
(2)
pp. 227-239.
10.1016/j.devcel.2020.11.019.
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2020
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Cao, L;
Yonis, A;
Vaghela, M;
Barriga, EH;
Chugh, P;
Smith, MB;
Maufront, J;
... Charras, G; + view all
(2020)
SPIN90 associates with mDia1 and the Arp2/3 complex to regulate cortical actin organization.
Nature Cell Biology
, 22
pp. 803-814.
10.1038/s41556-020-0531-y.
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Ollech, D;
Pflästerer, T;
Shellard, A;
Zambarda, C;
Spatz, JP;
Marcq, P;
Mayor, R;
... Cavalcanti-Adam, EA; + view all
(2020)
An optochemical tool for light-induced dissociation of adherens junctions to control mechanical coupling between cells.
Nature Communications
, 11
(1)
, Article 472. 10.1038/s41467-020-14390-1.
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Shellard, A;
Mayor, R;
(2020)
All Roads Lead to Directional Cell Migration.
Trends in Cell Biology
, 30
(11)
pp. 852-868.
10.1016/j.tcb.2020.08.002.
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Shellard, A;
Mayor, R;
(2020)
Rules of collective migration: from the wildebeest to the neural crest.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society B
, 375
(1807)
, Article 20190387. 10.1098/rstb.2019.0387.
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Yang, J;
Antin, P;
Berx, G;
Blanpain, C;
Brabletz, T;
Bronner, M;
Campbell, K;
... EMT International Association (TEMTIA); + view all
(2020)
Guidelines and definitions for research on epithelial-mesenchymal transition.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
10.1038/s41580-020-0237-9.
(In press).
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2019
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Bajanca, F;
Gouignard, N;
Colle, C;
Parsons, M;
Mayor, R;
Theveneau, E;
(2019)
In vivo topology converts competition for cell-matrix adhesion into directional migration.
Nature Communications
, 10
, Article 1518. 10.1038/s41467-019-09548-5.
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Barriga, EH;
Shellard, A;
Mayor, R;
(2019)
In Vivo and In Vitro Quantitative Analysis of Neural Crest Cell Migration.
Methods in Molecular Biology (MIMA)
, 1976
pp. 135-152.
10.1007/978-1-4939-9412-0_11.
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Mayor, R;
(2019)
Cell fate decisions during development.
Science
, 364
(6444)
pp. 937-938.
10.1126/science.aax7917.
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Mayor, R;
(2019)
Collective Cell Migration: Wisdom of the Crowds Transforms a Negative Cue into a Positive One.
Current Biology
, 29
(6)
R205-R207.
10.1016/j.cub.2019.02.001.
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Shellard, A;
Mayor, R;
(2019)
Integrating chemical and mechanical signals in neural crest cell migration.
Current Opinion in Genetics & Development
, 57
pp. 16-24.
10.1016/j.gde.2019.06.004.
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Shellard, A;
Mayor, R;
(2019)
Supracellular migration - beyond collective cell migration.
Journal of Cell Science
, 132
(8)
, Article jcs226142. 10.1242/jcs.226142.
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Szabó, A;
Theveneau, E;
Turan, M;
Mayor, R;
(2019)
Neural crest streaming as an emergent property of tissue interactions during morphogenesis.
PLoS Computational Biology
, 15
(4)
, Article e1007002. 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007002.
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2018
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Alkobtawi, M;
Ray, H;
Barriga, EH;
Moreno, M;
Kerney, R;
Monsoro-Burq, A-H;
Saint-Jeannet, J-P;
(2018)
Characterization of Pax3 and Sox10 transgenic Xenopus laevis embryos as tools to study neural crest development.
Developmental Biology
10.1016/j.ydbio.2018.02.020.
(In press).
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Barriga, EH;
Mayor, R;
(2018)
Adjustable viscoelasticity allows for efficient collective cell migration.
Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
10.1016/j.semcdb.2018.05.027.
(In press).
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Kotini, M;
Barriga, EH;
Leslie, J;
Gentzel, M;
Rauschenberger, V;
Schambon, A;
Mayor, R;
(2018)
Gap junction protein Connexin-43 is a direct transcriptional regulator of N-cadherin in vivo.
Nature Communications
, 9
, Article 3846. 10.1038/s41467-018-06368-x.
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Kotini, M;
Barriga, EH;
Leslie, J;
Gentzel, M;
Rauschenberger, V;
Schambony, A;
Mayor, R;
(2018)
Author Correction: Gap junction protein Connexin-43 is a direct transcriptional regulator of N-cadherin in vivo.
[Corrigendum].
Nature Communications
, 9
, Article 4633. 10.1038/s41467-018-07167-0.
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Mayor, R;
Barriga, E;
Franze, K;
Charras, G;
(2018)
Tissue stiffening coordinates morphogenesis by triggering collective cell migration in vivo.
Nature
, 554
pp. 523-527.
10.1038/nature25742.
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Roycroft, A;
Szabó, A;
Bahm, I;
Daly, L;
Charras, G;
Parsons, M;
Mayor, R;
(2018)
Redistribution of Adhesive Forces through Src/FAK Drives Contact Inhibition of Locomotion in Neural Crest.
Developmental Cell
, 45
(5)
565-579.e3.
10.1016/j.devcel.2018.05.003.
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Shellard, A;
Szabó, A;
Trepat, X;
Mayor, R;
(2018)
Supracellular contraction at the rear of cell groups drives collective chemotaxis.
Science
, 362
(6412)
pp. 339-343.
10.1126/science.aau3301.
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Szabo, A;
Mayor, R;
(2018)
Mechanisms of Neural Crest Migration.
Annual Review of Genetics
, 52
pp. 43-63.
10.1146/annurev-genet-120417-031559.
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Toro-Tapia, G;
Villaseca, S;
Beyer, A;
Roycroft, A;
Marcellini, S;
Mayor, R;
Torrejón, M;
(2018)
The Ric-8A/Gα13/FAK signaling cascade controls focal adhesion formation during neural crest cell migration.
Development
, 145
(22)
, Article dev164269. 10.1242/dev.164269.
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Vacca, B;
Sanchez-Heras, E;
Steed, E;
Busson, SL;
Balda, MS;
Ohnuma, S-I;
Sasai, N;
... Matter, K; + view all
(2018)
Control of neural crest induction by MarvelD3-mediated attenuation of JNK signalling.
Scientific Reports
, 8
, Article 1204. 10.1038/s41598-018-19579-5.
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2017
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Bahm, I;
Barriga, EH;
Frolov, A;
Theveneau, E;
Frankel, P;
Mayor, R;
(2017)
PDGF controls contact inhibition of locomotion by regulating N-cadherin during neural crest migration.
Development
, 144
(13)
pp. 2456-2468.
10.1242/dev.147926.
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Friedl, P;
Mayor, R;
(2017)
Tuning Collective Cell Migration by Cell–Cell Junction Regulation.
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology
, 9
(4)
, Article a029199. 10.1101/cshperspect.a029199.
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Roycroft, A;
Mayor, R;
(2017)
Michael Abercrombie: contact inhibition of locomotion and more.
International Journal of Developmental Biology
, 62
(1-3)
pp. 4-13.
10.1387/ijdb.170277rm.
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Stramer, B;
Mayor, R;
(2017)
Mechanisms and in vivo functions of contact inhibition of locomotion.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
, 18
(1)
pp. 43-55.
10.1038/nrm.2016.118.
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2016
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Broders-Bondon, F;
Paul-Gilloteaux, P;
Gazquez, E;
Heysch, J;
Piel, M;
Mayor, R;
Lambris, JD;
(2016)
Control of the collective migration of enteric neural crest cells by the Complement anaphylatoxin C3a and N-cadherin.
Developmental Biology
, 414
(1)
pp. 85-99.
10.1016/j.ydbio.2016.03.022.
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Mayor, R;
Etienne-Manneville, S;
(2016)
The front and rear of collective cell migration.
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
, 17
(2)
pp. 97-109.
10.1038/nrm.2015.14.
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Melchionda, M;
Pittman, JK;
Mayor, R;
Patel, S;
(2016)
Ca2+/H+ exchange by acidic organelles regulates cell migration in vivo.
Journal of Cell Biology
, 212
(7)
pp. 803-813.
10.1083/jcb.201510019.
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Rabadán, MA;
Herrera, A;
Fanlo, L;
Usieto, S;
Carmona-Fontaine, C;
Barriga, EH;
Mayor, R;
... Martí, E; + view all
(2016)
Delamination of neural crest cells requires transient and reversible Wnt inhibition mediated by DACT1/2.
Development
, 143
(12)
pp. 2194-2205.
10.1242/dev.134981.
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Steventon, B;
Mayor, R;
Streit, A;
(2016)
Directional cell movements downstream of Gbx2 and Otx2 control the assembly of sensory placodes.
Biology Open
, 5
(11)
pp. 1620-1624.
10.1242/bio.020966.
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Szabo, A;
Cobo, I;
Omara, S;
McLachlan, S;
Keller, R;
Mayor, R;
(2016)
The Molecular Basis of Radial Intercalation during Tissue Spreading in Early Development.
Developmental Cell
, 37
(3)
pp. 213-225.
10.1016/j.devcel.2016.04.008.
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Szabó, A;
Melchionda, M;
Nastasi, G;
Woods, ML;
Campo, S;
Perris, R;
Mayor, R;
(2016)
In vivo confinement promotes collective migration of neural crest cells.
Journal of Cell Biology
, 213
(5)
pp. 543-555.
10.1083/jcb.201602083.
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Vacca, B;
Sanchez-Heras, E;
Steed, E;
Balda, MS;
Ohnuma, SI;
Sasai, N;
Mayor, R;
(2016)
MarvelD3 regulates the c-Jun N-terminal kinase pathway during eye development in Xenopus.
Biol Open
, 5
(11)
pp. 1631-1641.
10.1242/bio.018945.
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Yamada, KM;
Mayor, R;
(2016)
Editorial overview: Cell dynamics in development, tissue remodelling, and cancer.
[Editorial comment].
Current Opinion in Cell Biology
, 42
IV-VI.
10.1016/j.ceb.2016.09.001.
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2015
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Roycroft, A;
Mayor, R;
(2015)
Molecular basis of contact inhibition of locomotion.
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
, 73
(6)
pp. 1119-1130.
10.1007/s00018-015-2090-0.
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Roycroft, A;
Mayor, R;
(2015)
Forcing contact inhibition of locomotion.
Trends in Cell Biology
, 25
(7)
pp. 373-375.
10.1016/j.tcb.2015.05.001.
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Scarpa, E;
Szabó, A;
Bibonne, A;
Theveneau, E;
Parsons, M;
Mayor, R;
(2015)
Cadherin Switch during EMT in Neural Crest Cells Leads to Contact Inhibition of Locomotion via Repolarization of Forces.
Developmental Cell
, 34
(4)
pp. 421-434.
10.1016/j.devcel.2015.06.012.
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2014
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Woods, ML;
(2014)
Modelling collective cell migration of the neural crest.
Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London).
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Woods, ML;
Carmona-Fontaine, C;
Barnes, CP;
Couzin, ID;
Mayor, R;
Page, KM;
(2014)
Directional collective cell migration emerges as a property of cell interactions.
PLoS One
, 9
(9)
, Article e104969. 10.1371/journal.pone.0104969.
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2013
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Becker, SF;
Mayor, R;
Kashef, J;
(2013)
Cadherin-11 Mediates Contact Inhibition of Locomotion during Xenopus Neural Crest Cell Migration.
PLoS One
, 8
(12)
, Article e85717. 10.1371/journal.pone.0085717.
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Leslie, JD;
Mayor, R;
(2013)
Complement in animal development: unexpected roles of a highly conserved pathway.
Semin Immunol
, 25
(1)
39 - 46.
10.1016/j.smim.2013.04.005.
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Scarpa, E;
Roycroft, A;
Theveneau, E;
Terriac, E;
Piel, M;
Mayor, R;
(2013)
A novel method to study contact inhibition of locomotion using micropatterned substrates.
Biology Open
, 2
901 - 906.
10.1242/bio.20135504.
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Theveneau, E;
Steventon, B;
Scarpa, E;
Garcia, S;
Trepat, X;
Streit, A;
Mayor, R;
(2013)
Chase-and-run between adjacent cell populations promotes directional collective migration.
Nature Cell Biology
, 15
(7)
pp. 763-772.
10.1038/ncb2772.
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2012
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Steventon, B;
Mayor, R;
(2012)
Early neural crest induction requires an initial inhibition of Wnt signals.
Developmental Biology
, 365
(1)
196 - 207.
10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.02.029.
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Theveneau, E;
Mayor, R;
(2012)
Cadherins in collective cell migration of mesenchymal cells.
Current Opinion in Cell Biology
, 24
(5)
677 - 684.
10.1016/j.ceb.2012.08.002.
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Theveneau, E;
Mayor, R;
(2012)
Neural crest delamination and migration: from epithelium-to-mesenchyme transition to collective cell migration.
Developmental Biology
, 366
(1)
34 - 54.
10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.12.041.
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2010
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Theveneau, E;
Mayor, R;
(2010)
Integrating chemotaxis and contact-inhibition during collective cell migration: small GTPases at work.
Small GTPases
, 1
(2)
113 - 117.
10.4161/sgtp.1.2.13673.
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