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q-bio.SC2017★ 20 cited
Measuring and modeling polymer gradients argues that spindle microtubules regulate their own nucleation
Bryan Kaye, Olivia Stiehl, Peter J. Foster +3
Spindles are self-organized microtubule-based structures that segregate chromosomes during cell division. The mass of the spindle is controlled by the balance between microtubule t…
q-bio.SC2017★ 19 cited
Connecting macroscopic dynamics with microscopic properties in active microtubule network contraction
Peter J. Foster, Wen Yan, Sebastian Fürthauer +2
The cellular cytoskeleton is an active material, driven out of equilibrium by molecular motor proteins. It is not understood how the collective behaviors of cytoskeletal networks e…