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SUBMITTER: Li J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5524573 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Jing J Biel Thomas T Lomada Pranith P Yu Qilin Q Kim Taeyoon T
Soft matter 20170501 17
Actomyosin contractility originating from interactions between F-actin and myosin facilitates various structural reorganizations of the actin cytoskeleton. Cross-linked actomyosin networks show a tendency to contract to single or multiple foci, which has been investigated extensively in numerous studies. Recently, it was suggested that suppression of F-actin buckling via an increase in bending rigidity significantly reduces network contraction. In this study, we demonstrate that networks may sho ...[more]