Self-organized intracellular twisters
S. Dutta, R. Farhadifar, W. Lu, G. kabacaoglu, R. Blackwell, D. B. Stein, M. Lakonishok, V. I. Gelfand, S. Shvartsman, M. Shelley
The paper studies fluid flows in Drosophila oocytes, showing the emergence of cell-spanning vortices through hydrodynamic interactions of microtubules and molecular motors.
bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2023Biophysics