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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 5.
Published in final edited form as: Integr Biol (Camb). 2015 Oct 5;7(10):1109–1119. doi: 10.1039/c5ib00070j

Figure 2. Variety of forces (A) and orientations of actin filaments encountered at cell-cell contacts.

Figure 2

A: Cell-cell contacts (Blue) are subject to various mechanical stresses that can be due to tensile (red), compressive (yellow) or shear (violet) forces in particular during collective cell movements.

B: Actin filaments orientation (red) and AJ morphology (blue) both vary with the cell type considered and/or the maturation of the cell-cell contacts.