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Spontaneous Circulation of Active Microtubules Confined by Optical Traps
Stephen E Martin, Matthew E Brunner, Joshua M Deutsch
We propose an experiment to demonstrate spontaneous ordering and symmetry breaking of kinesin-driven microtubules confined to an optical trap. Calculations involving the feasibilit…
Emergence of Metachronal Waves in Active Microtubule Arrays
Stephen E Martin, Matthew E Brunner, Joshua M Deutsch
The physical mechanism behind the spontaneous formation of metachronal waves in microtubule arrays in a low Reynolds number fluid has been of interest for the past several years, y…
Analysis of microtubule motion due to drag from kinesin walkers
J. M. Deutsch, M. E. Brunner, William M. Saxton
We analyze the nonlinear waves that propagate on a microtubule that is tethered at its minus end due to kinesin walking on it, as is seen during the fluid mixing caused by cytoplas…
The mechanics of a microscopic mixer: microtubules and cytoplasmic streaming in Drosophila oocytes
J. M. Deutsch, M. E. Brunner, William M. Saxton
Large scale motion of cytoplasm called cytoplasmic streaming occurs in some large eukaryotic cells to stir the cell's constituents. In Drosophila oocytes, microtubules have been ob…
Ideal Linear Chain Polymers with Fixed Angular Momentum
Matthew Brunner, J. M. Deutsch
The statistical mechanics of a linear non-interacting polymer chain with a large number of monomers is considered with fixed angular momentum. The radius of gyration for a linear p…