Amplification of actin polymerization forces.
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Peer-reviewed
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Nédélec, François
Abstract
The actin cytoskeleton drives many essential processes in vivo, using molecular motors and actin assembly as force generators. We discuss here the propagation of forces caused by actin polymerization, highlighting simple configurations where the force developed by the network can exceed the sum of the polymerization forces from all filaments.
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Actin Cytoskeleton, Actins, Animals, Cell Movement, Humans, Mechanotransduction, Cellular, Models, Biological, Molecular Motor Proteins, Polymerization, Pseudopodia, Stress, Mechanical
Journal Title
J Cell Biol
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0021-9525
1540-8140
1540-8140
Volume Title
212
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Rockefeller University Press
