Interplay of active processes modulates tension and drives phase transition in self-renewing, motor-driven cytoskeletal networks

The actin cytoskeleton is a complex network of filaments, cross-linking proteins and motors; although the components are recognised, the behaviour of the network is less understood. Here Mak et al.use a Brownian dynamics model that reveals actin turnover dynamics as a key regulatory mechanism contro...

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Main Authors: Michael Mak, Muhammad H. Zaman, Roger D. Kamm, Taeyoon Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10323