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Scaling behaviour in steady-state contracting actomyosin networks

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Contractile actomyosin network flows are crucial for many cellular processes including cell division and motility, morphogenesis and transport. How local remodelling of actin architecture tunes stress production and dissipation and regulates large-scale network flows remains poorly understood. Here, we generate contracting actomyosin networks with rapid turnover in vitro, by encapsulating cytoplasmic Xenopus egg extracts into cell-sized ‘water-in-oil’ droplets. Within minutes, the networks re...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1038/s41567-018-0413-4

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology
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Publisher:
Nature Research Publisher's website
Journal:
Nature Physics Journal website
Volume:
15
Issue:
5
Pages:
509-516
Place of publication:
England
Publication date:
2019-02-04
Acceptance date:
2018-12-20
DOI:
EISSN:
1745-2481
ISSN:
1745-2473
Pmid:
31754369
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
977246
Local pid:
pubs:977246
Deposit date:
2021-01-16

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