Boundaries steer the contraction of active gels

The actomyosin cytoskeleton consists of a contractile array but how it becomes organized is not clear. Here the authors reconstitute a controllable contractile system to show that force balances at boundaries determine contraction dynamics, and spatial anisotropy leads to self-organization or aligne...

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Autores principales: Matthias Schuppler, Felix C. Keber, Martin Kröger, Andreas R. Bausch
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/9dd3487f187748228627e15d6bef01cf
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