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physics.bio-ph2013★ 40 cited
An asymmetry between pushing and pulling for crawling cells
Pierre Recho, Lev Truskinovsky
Eukaryotic cells possess motility mechanisms allowing them not only to self-propel but also to exert forces on obstacles (to push) and to carry cargoes (to pull). To study the inhe…
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Mechanotaxis and cell motility
Pierre Recho, Thibault Putelat, Lev Truskinovsky
We propose a mechanism of cell motility which is based on contraction and does not require protrusion. The contraction driven translocation of a cell is due to internal flow of the…