Microstructure-Based Modeling of Primary Cilia Mechanics
N. Mostafazadeh, A. Resnick, Y.-N. Young, Z. Peng
This paper develops a microstructure-based model of primary cilia, distinguishing structural and sensing components, and finds that membrane curvature, not stretching, may activate transmembrane proteins.
bioRxiv · Jul 14, 2023Biophysics