Reposted by Zimeng Wu
This epic paper, which has been a heroic 10 year journey for the lead author, Ricardo Barrientos, is finally out in Cell today!
Many thanks to all co-authors, especially Billie Meadowcroft and Andela Saric for their beautiful MD simulations
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Basement membrane turnover controls cell shape
Basement membranes are scaffolds of proteins, like collagen, that give organs shape.
During development, basement membranes must adapt to the growing organ. We infer how
fast the basement membrane ada...