...-like protrusions. During gastrulation,zebrafish mesodermal cells undergo a series of conversions from amoeboid cell behaviors to more mesenchymal and finally highly polarized and intercalative cell behaviors. We demonstrate that Myosin phosphatase, a complex of Protein phosphatase 1 and the scaffolding...

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