Fluctuating Motor Forces Bend Growing Microtubules
Despite their rigidity, microtubules in living cells bend significantly during polymerization resulting in greater curvature than can be explained by thermal forces alone. However, the source of the non-thermal forces that bend growing microtubules remains obscure. We analyzed the motion of microtub...
Main Authors: | Shekhar, Nandini (Contributor), Neelam, Srujana (Author), Wu, Jun (Author), Ladd, Anthony J. C. (Author), Dickinson, Richard B. (Author), Lele, Tanmay P. (Author) |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer US,
2017-03-11T00:12:32Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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