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physics.bio-ph2015★ 37 cited
Mechanics of collective unfolding
M Caruel, J. -M Allain, L Truskinovsky
Mechanically induced unfolding of passive crosslinkers is a fundamental biological phenomenon encountered across the scales from individual macro-molecules to cytoskeletal actin ne…
physics.bio-ph2014★ 30 cited
Optimality of contraction-driven crawling
P. Recho, J. -F. Joanny, L. Truskinovsky
We study a model of cell motility where the condition of optimal trade-off between performance and metabolic cost can be made precise. In this model a steadily crawling fragment is…