3 papers
physics.bio-ph2018
Filament flexibility enhances power transduction of F-actin bundles
Alessia Perilli, Carlo Pierleoni, Jean-Paul Ryckaert
The dynamic behavior of bundles of actin filaments growing against a loaded obstacle is investigated through a generalized version of the standard multi filaments Brownian Ratchet…
cond-mat.stat-mech2017
On the force--velocity relationship of a bundle of rigid living filaments
Alessia Perilli, Carlo Pierleoni, Giovanni Ciccotti +1
In various cellular processes, biofilaments like F-actin and F-tubulin are able to exploit chemical energy associated to polymerization to perform mechanical work against an extern…
physics.bio-ph2016
On the Properties of a Bundle of Flexible Actin Filaments in an Optical Trap
Alessia Perilli, Carlo Pierleoni, Giovanni Ciccotti +1
We establish the Statistical Mechanics framework for a bundle of Nf living and uncrosslinked actin filaments in a supercritical solution of free monomers pressing against a mobile…