Active Cytoskeletal Composites Display Emergent Tunable Contractility and Restructuring
G. Lee, G. Leech, P. Lwin, J. Michel, C. Currie, M. J. Rust, J. L. Ross, R. J. McGorty, M. Das, R. M. Robertson-Anderson
This study combines experiments and modeling to show how actin, tubulin, and myosin composites exhibit tunable contractility and restructuring through their connectivity and motor density.
bioRxiv · Apr 8, 2021Biophysics