Cracking up: symmetry breaking in cellular systems
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Cracking up: symmetry breaking in cellular systems
The shape of animal cells is, to a large extent, determined by the cortical actin network that underlies the cell membrane. Because of the presence of myosin motors, the actin cortex is under tension, and local relaxation of this tension can result in cortical flows that lead to deformation and polarization of the cell. Cortex relaxation is often regulated by polarizing signals, but the cortex ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cell Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1540-8140,0021-9525
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200607159