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physics.bio-ph2024
Modelling how lamellipodia-driven cells maintain persistent migration and interact with external barriers
Shubhadeep Sadhukhan, Cristina Martinez-Torres, Samo Penič +3
Cell motility is fundamental to many biological processes, and cells exhibit a variety of migration patterns. Many motile cell types follow a universal law that connects their spee…
physics.bio-ph2018
Theoretical study of vesicle shapes driven by coupling curved proteins and active cytoskeletal forces
Miha Fošnarič, Samo Penič, Aleš Iglič +3
Eukaryote cells have a flexible shape, which dynamically changes according to the function performed by the cell. One mechanism for deforming the cell membrane into the desired sha…