3 papers
physics.bio-ph2004
Generic theory of active polar gels: a paradigm for cytoskeletal dynamics
Karsten Kruse, Jean-Francois Joanny, Frank Julicher +2
We develop a general theory for active viscoelastic materials made of polar filaments. This theory is motivated by the dynamics of the cytoskeleton. The continuous consumption of a…
physics.bio-ph2003
Mechano-chemical coupling in growth process of actin gels and a symmetry breaking instability
Ken Sekimoto, Jacques Prost, Frank Julicher +2
It has been observed experimentally that the actin gel grown from spherical beads coated with polymerization enzymes spontaneously breaks the symmetry of its spherical shape, and y…
physics.bio-ph2001
Mechanical oscillations at the cellular scale
Frank Julicher
Active phenomena which involve force generation and motion play a key role in a number of phenomena in living cells such as cell motility, muscle contraction and the active transpo…