169 citations · 216 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
2 papers
q-bio.CB2009★ 47 cited
Rebuilding cytoskeleton roads: Active-transport-induced polarization of cells
Rhoda J. Hawkins, Olivier Benichou, Matthieu Piel +1
Many cellular processes require a polarization axis which generally initially emerges as an inhomogeneous distribution of molecular markers in the cell. We present a simple analyti…
cond-mat.soft2009★ 169 cited
Pushing off the walls: a mechanism of cell motility in confinement
R. J. Hawkins, M. Piel, G. Faure-Andre +4
We propose a novel mechanism of cell motility, which relies on the coupling of actin polymerization at the cell membrane to geometric confinement. We consider a polymerizing viscoe…