Geometrical Origins of Contractility in Disordered Actomyosin Networks
Movement within eukaryotic cells largely originates from localized forces exerted by myosin motors on scaffolds of actin filaments. Although individual motors locally exert both contractile and extensile forces, large actomyosin structures at the cellular scale are overwhelmingly contractile, sugges...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Physical Review X |
| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.4.041002 |