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Theory of active self-organization of dense nematic structures in the actin cytoskeleton
Waleed Mirza, Marco De Corato, Marco Pensalfini +3
The actin cytoskeleton is remarkably adaptable and multifunctional. It often organizes into nematic bundles such as contractile rings or stress fibers. However, how a uniform and i…
Variational formulation of active nematics: theory and simulation
Waleed Mirza, Alejandro Torres-Sánchez, Guillermo Vilanova +1
The structure and dynamics of important biological quasi-two-dimensional systems, ranging from cytoskeletal gels to tissues, are controlled by nematic order, flow, defects and acti…
Estimation of anisotropic bending rigidities and spontaneous curvatures of crescent curvature-inducing proteins from tethered-vesicle experimental data
Hiroshi Noguchi, Nikhil Walani, Marino Arroyo
The Bin/amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) superfamily proteins have a crescent binding domain and bend biomembranes along the domain axis. However, their anisotropic bending rigidities and spo…