Hydro-osmotic Instabilities in Active Membrane Tubes
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Sami C. Al-Izzi, George Rowlands, Pierre Sens, and Matthew S. Turner Department of Mathematics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, Physical Chemistry Curie, F-75005 Paris, France Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 168, F-75005 Paris, France Centre for Complexity Science, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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