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Amplification of actin polymerization forces
The actin cytoskeleton drives many essential processes in vivo, using molecular motors and actin assembly as force generators. We discuss here the propagation of forces caused by actin polymerization, highlighting simple configurations where the force developed by the network can exceed the sum of t...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
2016
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4810308/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27002174 http://dx.doi.org/10.1083/jcb.201512019 |
| Sumario: | The actin cytoskeleton drives many essential processes in vivo, using molecular motors and actin assembly as force generators. We discuss here the propagation of forces caused by actin polymerization, highlighting simple configurations where the force developed by the network can exceed the sum of the polymerization forces from all filaments. |
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