F-actin cross-linking enhances the stability of force generation in disordered actomyosin networks

Computational Particle Mechanics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 317-327

  Jung, Wonyeong ^a   Murrell, Michael P ^b,c   Kim, Taeyoon ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Actomyosin; Cortex; Myosin; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964706030     PISSN: 21964378     EISSN: 21964386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40571-015-0052-9     Document Type: Article

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