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SUBMITTER: Guillamat P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4878504 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20160502 20
Living cells sense the mechanical features of their environment and adapt to it by actively remodeling their peripheral network of filamentary proteins, known as cortical cytoskeleton. By mimicking this principle, we demonstrate an effective control strategy for a microtubule-based active nematic in contact with a hydrophobic thermotropic liquid crystal. By using well-established protocols for the orientation of liquid crystals with a uniform magnetic field, and through the mediation of anisotro ...[more]