Sarcomeric pattern formation by actin cluster coalescence.

Contractile function of striated muscle cells depends crucially on the almost crystalline order of actin and myosin filaments in myofibrils, but the physical mechanisms that lead to myofibril assembly remains ill-defined. Passive diffusive sorting of actin filaments into sarcomeric order is kinetica...

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Main Authors: Benjamin M Friedrich, Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich, Nir S Gov, Samuel A Safran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3369942?pdf=render