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Mechanical response of active gels
T. B. Liverpool, M. C. Marchetti, J. -F. Joanny +1
We study a model of an active gel of cross-linked semiflexible filaments with additional active linkers such as myosin II clusters. We show that the coupling of the elasticity of t…
Membrane tension lowering induced by protein activity
M. D. El Alaoui Faris, D. Lacoste, J. Pecreaux +3
We present measurements of the fluctuation spectrum of giant vesicles containing bacteriorhodopsin (BR) pumps using video-microscopy. When the pumps are activated, we observe a sig…
Viscous Fingering-like Instability of Cell Fragments
A. C. Callan-Jones, J. -F. Joanny, J. Prost
We present a novel flow instability that can arise in thin films of cytoskeletal fluids if the friction with the substrate on which the film lies is sufficiently strong. We conside…