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SUBMITTER: Stachowiak MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3446672 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stachowiak Matthew R MR McCall Patrick M PM Thoresen Todd T Balcioglu Hayri E HE Kasiewicz Lisa L Gardel Margaret L ML O'Shaughnessy Ben B
Biophysical journal 20120901 6
Cells assemble a variety of bundled actomyosin structures in the cytoskeleton for activities such as cell-shape regulation, force production, and cytokinesis. Although these linear structures exhibit varied architecture, two common organizational themes are a punctate distribution of myosin II and distinct patterns of actin polarity. The mechanisms that cells use to assemble and maintain these organizational features are poorly understood. To study these, we reconstituted actomyosin bundles in v ...[more]