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Spontaneous contractility--mediated cortical flow generates cell migration in 3-dimensional environments

R. J. Hawkins, R. Poincloux, O. Bénichou +3

We present a generic model of cell motility generated by acto-myosin contraction of the cell cortex. We identify analytically dynamical instabilities of the cortex and show that th…